Trisha Ray

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Trisha Ray
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)Filmmaker, Screenwriter, Producer, Actor, Editor, Sound Designer and Charcoal Artist.

Trisha Ray is an independent producer, screenwriter, filmmaker, actor, editor and charcoal artist.[1]

Trisha comes from a family of scholars, physicians and surgeons who followed art and music as a hobby. After retiring as an ObGyn, her grandfather Dr. Bimal Ray wrote three volumes of encyclopedia in Eastern Classical Music which are used by researchers all around the globe.[2] Her parents practiced theatre after coming back from their work. She is the first in her family to actually drop out of college to intern on film sets to learn production. She is fluent in English, Spanish and Bengali languages.

Trisha is the grandniece of BAFTA nominated actress Karuna Banerjee.[3] and niece of Universal Esperanto Association President Probal Dasgupta.

In 2022, Trisha finished the pilot episode of her 8-episode comedy series RECAST starring Lorelei Linklater, Eric Roberts Pooja Batra, San Banarje and Harry S. Murphy, and is currently in production of the season.

Films[edit]

From the age of 6, Trisha was a regular at her father's theatre rehearsals and enjoyed reading the lines of missing actors. Although she was expected to follow the footsteps of her family members and become a doctor, she knew she would be happy only if she was writing or pursuing theatre.

During her freshman year, while in California working at a printing press, Trisha used her free time to complete her first feature-length screenplay 'Hola Armando' and decided to quit school to pursue film production. She started interning for different production companies and learned every aspect of film production from being on set as a runner or production assistant, editor's help, demonstrator of new software and technologies at mall showrooms, until she was hired by a television network as an in-house producer.

In winter 2009, Trisha and San wrote a psychological thriller titled Bodhisattva, with the legendary actor Soumitra Chatterjee in the title role.[4] Trisha wanted to play the role of Maya, so that she could work with the thespian, but director San Banarje was not convinced by Trisha's performance at the rehearsals and gave her the first day of shoot to prove herself, while looking for other actors to replace her on the second day. Fortunately, her first day of shoot impressed the director and she did not need to get replaced. The entire film was shot in the home of Trisha's mother who stayed in one room with their family pup Kalia until the day's shoot was over.[5]

In 2013, she co-wrote the thriller "The Shadow Behind You", with San Banarje. This was followed by the 2013 Fall film 'Artisse' written by Brian Stewart, that she directed. In winter 2013, she co-produced, and edited the dramedy 'Sex, Marriage and Infidelity' for debutante director-writer Richard Finger, starring actors Charlie O'Connell, Shannon Tweed, and her daughter with Gene Simmons, Sophie Simmons. All three films were released in 2014.

In 2015, Trisha co-wrote the feature A Curry on an American Plate with the film's director San Banarje. The film starred Rick Fox, Charlie O'Connell and Andrea Guasch.

In 2018 and 2019, Trisha wrote and directed the thriller '6 Rounds of Chloe' with actress and activist Kamala Lopez and San Banarje in lead roles, and talented child actress Alexandra Goel in the title role of Chloe. Actor Eric Roberts was cast in the role of oncologist Dr. Bing.

In 2020, Trisha and San started their comedy series RECAST. The show, that was to shoot in Los Angeles, had to be delayed due to coronavirus, and filming started in November 2020 in Houston.

Filmography[edit]

Year Title Creadited as Role Notes
Director Producer Writer Editor Actor
2000 Flipped Yes Yes Yes No No
2004 Rebecca on the Phone Yes Yes Yes Yes No Short film
2005 Closure Yes Yes Yes Yes No Short film
2006 Bleep Love Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
2007 Money No No No Yes Yes Ira
2007 Federal Case Yes Yes No No No
2008 Stanislavski in September Yes No No Yes No Short film
2008 Train No No No Yes No Short film
2009 Sugarbaby Yes Yes No No No
2009 Terracotta No No No Yes Yes hitchhiker Short film
2009 Bodhisattva No Yes Yes Yes Yes Maya
2010 Cleaning Up No No No Yes No Short film
2011 Inside Out No Yes No No No
2011 The Nowhere Son No No No Yes Yes Asha
2011 Marcha Atras Yes Yes Yes Yes No Short film
2012 Detect Early Save Life No No Yes Yes No PSA
2013 Physiotherapy Yes No Yes Yes No Short film
2014 Artisse Yes Yes No No No
2015 The Shadow Behind You No Yes Yes Yes Yes Maggie
2015 Sex, Marriage and Infidelity No Yes No Yes No also casting director
2017 A Curry on an American Plate No Yes Yes Yes No also casting director
2017 Orphan Train Yes Yes No Yes No also casting director
2018 6 Rounds of Chloe Yes Yes Yes No No also casting director
2020 Recast Yes Yes Yes Yes No also casting director

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Times group speed news about Sugarbaby winning an award
  2. ^ Dr. Bimal Roy, creator of Eastern Music Encyclopedia
  3. ^ Times talks to Ray about winning the award for Federal Case
  4. ^ Interview with Soumitra Chatterjee and Trisha Ray about Bodhisattva by 'Telegraph India'[dead link]
  5. ^ NPR's Bob Stevenson chats with San and Trisha about 'Bodhisattva' Archived 2013-12-26 at the Wayback Machine

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