Bio
Ripan Kumar Das (Dhrubo Das) is an independent activist filmmaker, freelance photographer, cinematographer, and editor. He completed his Master's degree from the University of Dhaka in Physical Geography and Environment in 2010 and Television, Film, and Photography in 2020. As a film society activist, he worked at Dhaka University Film Society (DUFS) from 2006 to 2011. Now he is engaged with Ranesh Dasgupta Film Society. In 2011 he worked with German film director Veit Helmer as an editor for a short film. He also worked in Maasranga Television for over two years as a News Production Executive. He worked as an editor in a Delhi-based film' Life of an Outcast (2018)' an official selection in the Mumbai film festival and also available on Netflix. Recently he edited Delhi based English-Hindi fiction film' I am Draupadi'yet to release. As a director/ cinematographer/ editor, he worked on over 50 documentaries/short films from different genres. His short film Poster (2021) was in the official selection in the different film festivals, and ongoing documentaries 'Settled to be Displaced' and 'Samprity' in the production stage and participated in the pitching labs like Dhaka DOCLAB 2019 and Kolkata DocEdge 2022.