As self-taught filmmaker, my passion for storytelling drive me to create, learn, and innovate with each project I never had the formal training of a film school, but my education has come from hands-on experience and countless hours of practice.
Gunjan Kashyap is a filmmaker from Assam, India, and a mass communication graduate. His work focuses on capturing raw, unfiltered realities; exploring life, cultural traditions, and fading art forms. Starting his career with short films, Gunjan also works as a cinematographer and director on musical films and documentaries. His storytelling is deeply rooted in realism, aiming to show life authentically through his lens. His recent short documentary, Home Brews: Struggles for a Tradition, follows a woman from the Rabha community preserving the age-old rice wine-making tradition. The film has been screened worldwide and has received multiple accolades.. Currently, Gunjan is developing an ambitious long-form documentary rooted in the Northeast, continuing his commitment to amplify unheard voices and safeguard cultural legacies. The upcoming project delves into a deeply personal and challenging subject, promising to extend his signature style of immersive, empathetic storytelling to new creative heights.
  • Producer (5 Credits)
    Directed by Jyotishman2025
    Documentary
    Home Brews: Struggles for a tradition2022
    Documentary, Student
    JABOR2022
    Experimental, Short
    KHUTI2021
    Short
    SWITCH2021
    Experimental, Short
  • Director (5 Credits)
    Directed by Jyotishman2025
    Documentary
    Home Brews: Struggles for a tradition2022
    Documentary, Student
    JABOR2022
    Experimental, Short
    KHUTI2021
    Short
    SWITCH2021
    Experimental, Short
  • Editor (4 Credits)
    Directed by Jyotishman2025
    Documentary
    Home Brews: Struggles for a tradition2022
    Documentary, Student
    JABOR2022
    Experimental, Short
    KHUTI2021
    Short
  • Writer (2 Credits)
    Directed by Jyotishman2025
    Documentary
    Home Brews: Struggles for a tradition2022
    Documentary, Student
  • Cinematographer (1 Credit)
    JABOR2022
    Experimental, Short
  • Director of Photography (1 Credit)
    KHUTI2021
    Short
Top 10 in Toyo internal short film festival, Best short Film at AIMT
JABOR
Toyo International short film festival
2022
Best screenplay award, Outstanding documentary, Finalist of World food forum film festival, Finalist of Film bahari
Home Brews: Struggles for a tradition
Chalachitram National Film Festival
Guwahati
College
Asian Institute of Management and Technology
Mass communication
20212024
High School
Saraswati shiksha Niketan
20072017
Birth Date
October 10, 2000
Nickname
Babu
Birth City
Guwahati
Current City
Guwahati
Hometown
Guwahati
Height
5.5
Gender
Male
I frame life..
As self-taught filmmaker, my passion for storytelling drive me to create, learn, and innovate with each project I never had the formal training of a film school, but my education has come from hands-on experience and countless hours of practice.
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