Soumitra Dey

Documentary Filmmaker · Director of Photography · Visual Communication Consultant

Soumitra Dey

I direct documentary and corporate films for organisations working on sustainability, climate, and rural development — turning complex development work into films that move decision-makers. Based in Delhi NCR, I run Urban Sky Pictures.

Soumitra Dey

Journey

Story

I didn't set out to become a visual communication expert — I started as a video editor at Television 18 in the early 1990s, cutting tape by hand, before moving into the gallery as an on-line switcher, calling shots live across multiple cameras.

Somewhere between the edit suite and the switching desk, editing stopped feeling like a technical task and started feeling like a way of thinking — how a cut, a sequence or a graphic changes what an audience understands, and what they feel. That instinct carried me through on-air promotions at Zee ETC and News24, into postproduction leadership, and eventually into direction.

By the time I founded Urban Sky Pictures in 2014, I wasn't just producing films anymore — I was helping organisations think visually about their own work. That's still the job today: turning dense, technical material into something a decision-maker will actually watch, understand, and act on.

Capabilities

Across documentary, corporate, broadcast and print — for GIZ India, Welthungerhilfe, Asian Development Bank, CII–ITC, German Embassy New Delhi, International Organisation of Employers, NFDC, and ABP Network.

Film

Documentary & Development Films

Long-form factual films for development agencies, built on field research and shaped by the communities in front of the camera.

Film

Corporate & CSR Films

Impact storytelling for corporate foundations and CSR programmes that needs to hold up in a board room.

Broadcast

Broadcast Series

Multi-episode series direction for national television — including Swarnim Bharat, a 32-episode series for ABP Network.

Print

Publication & Report Design

Annual and GHG reports for CII — filtering long-form technical documents and supplied imagery into clear, print-ready layouts.

Digital

Social Media Creative

Creative direction and design for social media communication campaigns.

Recognition

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