Bedabrata Pain
Bedabrata Pain | |
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Calcutta, West Bengal, India | |
Alma mater | St. Lawrence High School, Kolkata IIT Kharagpur Columbia University |
Occupation(s) | Scientist director producer screenwriter |
Years active | 2005—present |
Spouse | Shonali Bose[1] |
Bedabrata Pain (
Biography
Early life and education
Bedabrata's father was born in
Academic career
In 1993, Bedabrata Pain joined the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology and later managed JPL's image sensor and focal-plane technology research and advanced development. Since 1993, he was associated with NASA. Concurrent with his NASA work, he taught courses on CMOS imaging at UCLA, chaired international conferences, and was the invited speaker at several conferences. He has published over 150 technical papers, and won several awards, including the Lew-Allen Award for Excellence.[12]
Invention
In 1990s, Bedabrata Pain was part of a team that invented the
Achievements and awards
Bedabrata Pain had worked for NASA for 15 years as senior research scientist before quitting NASA in December 2008.[18][19][20] Pain has 87 invention patents to his credit.[21][22]
Personal life
Bedabrata Pain was married to Shonali Bose.[23] Now he is based in Los Angeles.[24] Bedabrata and Shonali had two sons - Ishan and Vivan. They lost their son Ishan, who died at a young age in an accident on 3 September 2010.[25][26][27][28][29][30]
Film career
Bedabrata was the executive producer of the award-winning film
Bedabrata undertook a 10,000 km journey, alongside young physicists Rajashik Tarafder and Sristy Agrawal, to Mid-West USA to document the lives of farmers for his upcoming film Déjà vu[36].
Filmography
Year | Film | Language | Notes |
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2005 | Amu | Hindi | Producer |
2012 | Chittagong | Hindi | Producer, director, writer, Won National Film Award for Best Debut Film of a Director[37]
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Upcoming | Déjà vu | English | Creator |
See also
- Active pixel sensor
- California Institute of Technology's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Center for Detectors
- Space Technology Hall of Fame
References
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- ^ "Bedabrata Pain and Barun Chanda take part in discourse on world cinema in Kolkata - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
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- ^ "Active Pixel Sensor". Space Foundation. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
- ^ "Bedabrata Pain's journey from a NASA scientist to a filmmaker". Ibnlive.in.com. 8 October 2012. Archived from the original on 28 November 2012. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
- ^ "'Chittagong': We managed to capture the understated and cerebral Bengali heroism". Ibnlive.in.com. 10 October 2012. Archived from the original on 10 October 2012. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
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- ^ Chris Pizzello (11 April 2012). "Reaching for the stars". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 31 August 2012. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
- ^ "News: India News, Latest Bollywood News, Sports News, Business & Political News, National & International News". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 18 May 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
- ^ "'Chittagong' has a sense of victory, says director Bedabrata Pain – Movies News – Bollywood – ibnlive". Ibnlive.in.com. 12 April 2012. Archived from the original on 13 April 2012. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
- ^ Chris Pizzello (7 September 2012). "I had to tell the Chittagong story: Bedabrata Pain". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 4 May 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
- ^ "Bedabrata Pain: From NASA to Chittagong". The Times of India. 7 October 2012. Archived from the original on 22 May 2013. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
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- ^ Priyanka Dasgupta (28 August 2012). "'Chittagong' director prepares to fight lawsuit". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 22 May 2013. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
- ^ "Pre-Partition saga Chittagong finally bailed out". Archived from the original on 29 July 2012. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
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- ^ "NRIs lose case against US firm on son's death – India Global News – IBNLive". Ibnlive.in.com. Archived from the original on 4 September 2012. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
- ^ Subhash K Jha (11 September 2012). "'Chittagong' director loses son's death case in LA court". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
- ^ "Amu (2005)". IMDb. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
- ^ "Review: Aarakshan is disappointing". Retrieved 5 June 2017.
- ^ Chris Pizzello (11 April 2012). "Vega Tamotia, left, a cast member in "Chittagong," and the film's director Bedabrata Pain pose together on the opening night of the 10th Annual Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles". Outlook. Archived from the original on 30 January 2013. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
- ^ "Bedabrata Pain's Chittagong gets a new poster". 4 April 2012. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
- ^ "My film offers different take on Chittagong uprising: director". Retrieved 5 June 2017.[dead link]
- ^ "How corporates ate up America's small farms - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
- ^ "60th National Film Awards Announced" (PDF) (Press release). Press Information Bureau (PIB), India. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
External links
- Bedabrata Pain at IMDb
- Bedabrata Pain on Facebook