# San Banarje

San Banarje is an American filmmaker. He was born in Kolkata, India to an orthodox Hindu Brahmin family but never practiced any religion and went on to produce several Christian films. A resident of Houston, Texas, San is a serial entrepreneur who also produces and Directs Films along with teaching finance and option trading.

## Films

In winter 2009, he shot the thriller Bodhisattva, once again starring Soumitra Chatterjee in Calcutta which he co-wrote with Trisha Ray, directed, shot, produced and acted in. The film won the Platinum Remi award at the Houston Worldfest International Film Festival, Best of the Fest at Gulf Coast Film Festival, Best Foreign Film at Alexandria Film Festival, Best Film at Bare Bones Film Festival where San received an Indie Auteur award.
In summer 2011, San co-produced the film "Inside Out" with producing partner and writer Brian Stewart. A month later, he wrote and directed the film The Nowhere Son starring Soumitra Chatterjee, and himself in the lead. Eminent movie critic Joe Leydon named the film in his list of 'Five Not to Miss Movies at Worldfest 2013'. The film also garnered rave reviews when screened at Hoboken International Film Festival.
In 2015, San directed and produced the comedy 'A Curry on an American Plate' with actors Rick Fox, Andrea Guasch and Charlie O'Connell on a screenplay that he co-wrote with Trisha Ray, based on a story that he had written back in 2007.

## Awards

| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2008 | Bayou City Inspirational Film Festival | Honorable Mention | The Enemy Inside | Won |
| 2010 | Worldfest Houston International Film Festival | Platinum Remi | Bodhisattva | Won |
| 2010 | Hoboken International Film Festival | Best Screenplay | Bodhisattva | Nominated |
| 2010 | Hoboken International Film Festival | Best Direction | Bodhisattva | Nominated |
| 2010 | Hoboken International Film Festival | Best Feature | Bodhisattva | Nominated |
| 2010 | Alexandria Film Festival | Best Foreign Film | Bodhisattva | Won |
| 2011 | Staten Island International Film Festival | Best Screenplay | Bodhisattva | Nominated |
| 2011 | Staten Island International Film Festival | Best Thriller | Bodhisattva | Nominated |
| 2011 | Bare Bones Film Festival | Indie Auteur Award | Bodhisattva | Won |
| 2011 | Bare Bones Film Festival | Best Foreign Film | Bodhisattva | Won |
| 2011 | Mexico International Film Festival | Bronze Palm | Bodhisattva | Won |
| 2011 | Worldfest Houston International Film Festival | Silver Remi, experimental/dogma | Money | Won |
| 2012 | Worldfest Houston International Film Festival | Gold Remi | Inside Out | Won |
| 2012 | Worldfest Houston International Film Festival | Gold Remi | Semper Fi | Won |

## Filmography

* Flipped (2000) Feature (actor, producer, executive producer)
* The Mission (2004) Short (director, cinematographer, actor, writer, producer)
* Closure (2005) Short (producer)
* The Enemy Inside (2005) Short (director, writer, producer)
* Striking Range (2006) Feature (actor)
* Bleep Love (2006) Feature (actor, producer, executive producer)
* Money (2007) Feature (director, cinematographer, producer, executive producer)
* Federal Case (2007) Feature (cinematographer, producer)
* Stanislavski in September (2008) short (cinematographer, producer)
* Train (2008) short (writer, director, cinematographer, producer)
* Sugarbaby (2009) Feature (actor, cinematographer, producer)
* Terracotta (2009) short(director, actor)
* Bodhisattva (2009) feature (writer, director, actor, cinematographer, producer, executive producer)
* Cleaning Up (2010) short (writer, director, cinematographer, producer )
* Inside Out (2011) Feature (actor, producer)
* The Nowhere Son (2011) Feature ( writer, director, cinematographer, producer, actor)
* Marcha Atras (2011) short (executive producer)
* Semper Fi (2012) short ( writer, director, cinematographer, producer)
* Detect Early Save Life (2012) PSA (writer, director, producer)
* Physiotherapy (2013) short (actor)
* Artisse (2013) feature (cinematographer, producer)
* Sex, Marriage and Infidelity (2014) feature (cinematographer, producer)
* The Shadow Behind You (2015) feature - Maggie (writer, director, cinematographer, actor, producer, executive producer)
* A Curry on an American Plate (2017) feature (writer, director, cinematographer, producer, executive producer)
* Orphan Train (2017) feature (actor, producer)