Bijoy Chowdhury graduated from the Government College of Art and Craft in 1988 and is now working as a Photographer, Visual Communicator and Film Maker. Chowdhury has several national and international awards including the Commonwealth and National Geographic Traveler Photo Award. The prestigious Private magazine has also published his works twice over. International Gallerie has also published his black-and-white photo features. In 2000, the government of India also awarded him with the Senior National Fellowship in Photography.
Alongside his regular assignments, Chowdhury continues to work on several long-term documentary film projects of socio-economic interest. ‘Khawto’ (The Wound), his debut documentary, has been screened at more than 15 festivals around the globe ever since he made it in 2017. His next fictional short film 'Undivided Solitude' won several awards in different film festivals. In 2022, Chowdhury directed ‘My Son and His Grandfather’ which focused on the empty-nest syndrome of grandparents. The film received the Best Short Documentary award at the 14th International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala (IDSFFK), 2022. It was screened at the Mumbai International Film Festival and Dhaka International Film Festival 2023.