Abheri De

Realizing her passion for creating images for cinema during her college days, She went on to study cinematography from Film & Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune.

She began her industry journey as second assistant cinematographer to ace Director of Photography, Binod Pradhan, for feature films like BHAAG MILKHA BHAAG and 2 STATES. Having made her mark as an assistant with her diligence & dedication, she became Chief AC and Operative camera person in collaboration with DoP Savita Singh and DoP Reshmi Sarkar, both her senior from FTII.

Her first independent work as a cinematographer was for a full length Bengali feature film, named BITNOON, in her hometown. This was soon followed by ONYO BASANTO for ZEE Bangla Originals in collaboration with Nideas Production for ZEE BANGLA CINEMA. Then she got the opportunity to explore the non fiction genre. CALCUTTA SONATA, a documentary she shot, premiered at KIFF 2018 winning her team the Satyajit Ray Silver Award at the First South Asian Short Film Festival in 2018. DRAMA QUEEN, another documentary on three women theater maestros of India shot by her also got premiered in KIFF 2019.

Abheri De presently lives and works in Kolkata. She is teaching Cinematography in the Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute as an Assistant Professor in the Dept. of Cinematography for Electronic & Digital Media. She continues to shoot Advertisements, Corporate AVCs, Documentaries & short films.

She recently published her first b&w photography book on MONGOLIA.