Bansi Chandragupta production designer Eugène Lourié and learned the craft of film designing. During the shooting of this movie, he met Satyajit Ray who asked him to join a group of film enthusiasts to form the Calcutta Film Society. Later, Ray asked Chandragupta to be set designer for his film "Pather Panchali". This collaboration sustained till "Shatranj Ke Khilari" (1977). Some of the best examples of Chandragupta's work are from the Ray films: "Pather Panchali", "Jalsaghar" and "Charulata". Apart from Ray's films, best works of Chandragupta's works are visible in "36 Chowringhee Lane" by Aparna Sen, "Umrao Jaan" by Muzzafar Ali and
Martin Smith (film maker) Martin Smith (film maker) Martin Smith is a film maker who wrote and directed the 2006 Scottish BAFTA Award winning short Tracks. He has also directed music videos for acts such as Arab Strap, The Delgados and King Creosote amongst others. His first short film Accidents featured Kate Dickie (Red Road). 'Tracks' (2006) was commissioned by the UK Film Council, Scottish Screen, and GMAC for the DigiCult scheme and made with producer Karen M Smyth of La Belle Allee Productions. It has won the BAFTA Scotland Award for Best Short Film, was highly commended at the TCM Turner Classic Shorts