News / Press
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2018 - LEEDS BECKETT UNIVERSITY
2016-2018; SCHOOL OF FILM MUSIC & PERFORMING ARTS
PART TIME LECTURER - MASTERS COURSE IN DOCUMENTARY
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2017 - STATE OF MOTION
RICOCHET:
David Bowie's Serious Moonlight tour S.E.Asian documentary RICOCHET opens the State of Motion Festival in Singapore January.
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2015 - INDIA�S FRONTIER RAILWAYS
GUILD OF TELEVISION CAMERAMEN
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE FOR PHOTOGRAPHY
RTS AWARD BEST DIRECTOR -TARUN BHARTIYA
RTS AWARD OF EXCELLENCE IN POST PRODUCTION
In August 1947, British India was hastily partitioned. Independence was attended by a bloodbath. Over a million people were killed and 8 million made refugees - Hindus Muslims and Sikhs: But that tragic legacy is slowly being eroded through another British legacy - the Railways.
In August 1947, British India was hastily partitioned. Independence was attended by a bloodbath. Over a million people were killed and 8 million made refugees - Hindus Muslims and Sikhs: But that tragic legacy is slowly being eroded through another British legacy - the Railways.
The stories of some of the people who work, travel or depend on these railway lines take us on a journey through the sub-continent as they share their hopes needs and desires on INDIA’S FRONTIER RAILWAYS.
Series Producer/Director 3Di -TV for BBC 4
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2014 - GUILD OF TELEVISION CAMERAMEN
Producer/director Gerry Troyna gave the keynote speech about starting in television as a sound recordist with Keith Massey before progressing to a variety of jobs learning the skills required for a career in broadcasting. Gerry has directed Panorama and wildlife programmes and spoke with admiration about the different qualities cameramen bring to a team and the different genres.
Some years ago Gerry was asked to make a pilot for a series that subsequently became Great Railway Journeys of the World. Given a choice for his next film in the series, Gerry chose to go to India and this started a love affair with the country. He spoke of his passion for documentaries and has returned to India many times to film in the sub-continent for with series such as Monsoon Railway, Indian Hill Railways and, most recently, India’s Frontier Railways that will be completed 2015 for BBC Four.
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2011 - AMERICAN NOMADS
This feature length documentary, award winning travel writer and journalist Richard Grant explores the history, the myth and the reality of living on the road, as he travels across the American West in the company of American nomads.
ROYAL TELEVISION SOCIETY award BEST DOCUMENTARY 2012
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2003/feb/02/travel.highereducation
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2010 - MAKE MY TRIP
Shot in Kuala Lumpur in June, Gerry makes his first appearance as a taxi driver in an ad destined for Indian cable channels in the US.
DIRECTOR - Shikha Makan
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2010 - AWARDS
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INDIAN HILL RAILWAYS WAS NOMINATED BY THE BBC FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY SERIES BROADCAST AWARDS
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2010 - MUMBAI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
LIFELINE EXPRESS - India's Hospital Train, Was selected for screening at MIFF on 3rd February in Mumbai India. The film was introduced by Zelma Lazarus CEO Impact India Foundation.
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2010 - MERI RAIL - Portraits of the Indian Railway
APRIL-AUGUST LEICESTER
NEW WALK GALLERY - LEICESTER UK
Friday 10 April - Sunday 15 August 2010
A unique exhibition of photographic portraits - which look more like paintings - is a lineside window onto the great and colourful panorama of India. From the humblest station orphan, to a coolie, a high-level bureaucrat to a loco driver. Meri Rail is a snapshot in time of the people who work for and depend on the Indian Railways.
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2010 - INDIAN HILL RAILWAYS
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WINNER OF THE
ROYAL TELEVISION SOCIETY AWARD - BEST FACTUAL SERIES
http://www.livemint.com/articles/2010/07/02213912/A-trainsized-passion.html
From the Himalayas in the north, to the Nilgiris in the south - for a hundred years, little steam trains have climbed through the clouds and into the wonderful world of Indian Hill Railways.
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2010 - MONSOON RAILWAY
MONSOON RAILWAY
BBC2 - FRIDAY 23rd JULY AT 9PM
Two part series. The story of the annual conflict between the monsoon rain and the Indian Railways told through the personal stories of the people who live and work on the Indian Railways.
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050515/asp/look/story_4725693.asp
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/documentaries/features/monsoon-railway.shtml
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2010 - CineRail FILM FESTIVAL - PARIS
BOMBAY RAILWAY has been selected for screening and in competition at the CineRail Festival in Paris SCREENING MARCH 3RD 2010
Trains stand for dreams, struggles, expectations, love and hate. They are the purveyors of life, hope or death.
The wide range of talents featured in CinéRail, offers cinema lovers a compelling view of human nature with its dark as well as its bright sides. With its international short films competition and its feature length films selection, CinéRail is pleased to welcome you to a journey through the fantastic, romantic and utterly human world of trains."
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2010 - LIFELINE EXPRESS
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2010 - BOMBAY RAILWAY
FRIDAY 30TH APRIL 9PM BBC TWO PRESSURE
FRIDAY 7TH MAY 9PM BBC TWO - DREAMS
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2009 - INDIA ON THE MOVE
INDIA ON THE MOVE
NATIONAL RAILWAY MUSEUM - YORK
Renowned film maker Gerry Troyna will be discussing the making of Bombay Railway, which won Factual Programme of the Year at last year’s Royal Television Awards, as well as the stories behind the stunning photographs that feature in ‘India on the Move.’
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2008 - MERI RAIL - Portraits of the Indian Railway NCPA
MERI RAIL - Portraits of the Indian Railway ( NCPA)
PIRAMAL GALLERY - MUMBAI