Informal Confessions of an Unformed Storyteller

Ujaan Ganguly, actor – writer – film director

Tuesday, 28 May 2024 at 3.30pm

In-person and online, Screening Room (G.04), 50 George Square

 

Ujaan Ganguly is an Indian actor, writer, and director, based out of Calcutta, working across live action and animation. His second film as an actor, An Angel’s Kiss (2022) featured in the Official Selection category of the Academy Awards qualified Heartland International Film Festival, the RapidLion International Film Festival (South Africa), and the Mar Del Plata International Film Festival (Argentina). After obtaining the prestigious Ertegun Scholarship, Ujaan post-graduated from the University of Oxford in 2022 with a distinction in World Liter atures. Since then, Ujaan has not only been writing shows for Indian OTT platforms, but also creating an animated series based on the Indian epic Mahabharata for Nickelodeon and Jio Studios. Ujaan remains an ardent admirer of the Intermediality programmes at the University of Edinburgh, and is enthused about speaking to the students about his limited yet enriching experiences as a storyteller.