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'''Aparna Sanyal''' is a multiple award-winning director and producer based in India.

She has directed multiple films, and produced several international documentary-series. She runs Mixed Media Productions,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://psbt.org/films/a-drop-of-sunshine/|title=A Drop of Sunshine – PSBT|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-31}}</ref> a production house based in Delhi, and is one of the co-founders of The Carbon Union, a creative collective.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thecarbonunion.com/|title=The Carbon Union|website=www.thecarbonunion.com|access-date=2019-01-31}}</ref>

== Education ==
Aparna pursued Mass Communication from [[A.J.K. Mass Communication Research Centre]] at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2012-03-10|title=Jamia alumni bags National Film Awards|url=https://zeenews.india.com/entertainment/art-and-theatre/jamia-alumni-bags-national-film-awards_107314.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210311182807/https://zeenews.india.com/entertainment/art-and-theatre/jamia-alumni-bags-national-film-awards_107314.html|archive-date=2021-03-11|access-date=2021-03-11|website=Zee News|language=en}}</ref>

== Filmography and contributions ==
She directed 'A Drop of Sunshine', a film about [[Reshma Valliappan|Reshma Valliappan's]] journey with Schizophrenia.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.psbt.org/directors/282|title=APARNA SANYAL - Public Service Broadcasting Trust|website=www.psbt.org|access-date=2016-09-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160921001826/http://www.psbt.org/directors/282|archive-date=21 September 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/a-beautiful-mind-yet-again/article2824178.ece|title=A beautiful mind, yet again|last=Basheer|first=K. p m|date=2012-01-23|newspaper=The Hindu|access-date=2016-09-18|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> Her other films include 'Tedhi Lakeer - The Crooked Line', a film about 2 gay men in Indi;<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://mail.sarai.net/pipermail/newsletter_mail.sarai.net/2003-February/000065.html|title=[Sarai Newsletter] 'FRIENDS OF SIDDHARTHA' FILM FESTIVAL|website=mail.sarai.net|access-date=2016-09-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://globalqueerdesi.wordpress.com/2011/08/26/filmography/|title=Filmography|last=globalqueerdesi|date=2011-08-26|website=globalqueerdesi|access-date=2016-09-18}}</ref> 'The Monks who won the Grammy', about the history, mythology and philosophy of Vajrayana Buddhism;<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.delhievents.com/2018/07/film-monks-who-won-grammy-discussion-iic.html|title=FILM 'The Monks who Won the Grammy' Screening followed by a discussion > 6:30pm on 16th July 2018 - Delhi Events|website=www.delhievents.com|access-date=2019-01-31}}</ref> 'Shovana',<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/dance/in-the-lens-of-the-beholder/article19737269.ece|title=In the lens of the beholder|last=Rajan|first=Anjana|date=2017-09-22|work=The Hindu|access-date=2018-02-03|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> about the celebrated Kathak dancer and guru, [[Shovana Narayan]] and 'One Mustard Seed', on death and dying.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cinestaan.com/articles/2018/sep/11/15562/one-mustard-seed-preview-exploring-death-and-the-idea-of-dying|title=One Mustard Seed preview: Exploring death and the idea of dying|last=Kahlon|first=Sukhpreet|website=Cinestaan|access-date=2019-01-31}}</ref>

She has also directed 'Shunyata - When Kathak met Cham',<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pocketnewsalert.com/2016/10/Shunyata-When-Kathak-Met-Cham-By-Aparna-Sanyal.html|title="Shunyata-When Kathak Met Cham"" By Aparna Sanyal.|website=www.pocketnewsalert.com|language=en|access-date=2018-02-03}}</ref> a film about a performance in 2014 called 'Shunyata',<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.delhievents.com/2014/09/shunyata-essaying-philosophy-of.html|title="Shunyata" a dance and music production essaying the philosophy of Shakyamuni Gautam Buddha at Kamani Auditorium, Copernicus Marg > 7pm on 30th September 2014|work=Delhi Events|access-date=2018-02-03}}</ref> where monks of a Buddhist [[monastery]], Palpung Sherabling Monastic Seat, and the doyen of Kathak, the Indian classical dance form, Shovana Narayan came together to create a ballet on popular stories from Buddhist mythology.

She was also the programming head of the Delhi bureau of [[Times Now]] for about three years, from 2005 to 2008.

Read more at: <nowiki>https://yourstory.com/2011/01/aparna-sanyal-co-founder-oasis-television-and-mixed-media-productions-on-the-journey-of-creative-entrepreneurship</nowiki>

She has been a Producer & Line Producer for several international documentary series filmed in India, including IRT - Deadliest Roads, a 10 part series for History,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1615008/|title=Aparna Sanyal|website=IMDb|access-date=2016-09-17}}</ref> and [[The Real Marigold Hotel]], a series for BBC 2.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1615008/|title=Aparna Sanyal|website=IMDb|access-date=2019-01-31}}</ref>

Aparna was part of a group of filmmakers who ran 'FD Zone' in Delhi, a monthly screening of documentaries at the India Habitat Centre in Delhi.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.sac.ac.in/visiting-faculty-for-2014-and-2015/|title=Visiting Faculty -|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-31}}</ref>

== Awards and recognitions ==

# She received the National Award for directing 'A Drop of Sunshine'.
# She won the National Award for the Best Educational Film in 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://jmi.ac.in/bulletinboard/press-releases/latest/Press_Release_Jamia_alumni_bag_National_Film_Awards-1755|title=Jamia - Press Releases - Latest - Press Release: Jamia alumni bag National Film Awards|website=jmi.ac.in|access-date=2016-09-17}}</ref>
# A Drop of Sunshine also won 5 awards at the Indian Documentary Producers' Assoaciation (IDPA) Awards in 2010.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.indiantelevision.com/aac/y2k11/aac2018.php|title=IDPA Awards for 2010 show variation in creativity in short films|date=2011-10-29|access-date=2016-09-17}}</ref>
# She was recognised as a 'Creative Entrepreneur' by the British Council in 2010.<ref name=":1" />

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