Nabin Subba

Nabin Subba
Native name नबिन सुब्बा
Born Taplejung
Notable work Director
Religion Kirat

Nabin Subba Nabin Subba was born in 1967 -12-14. He is a Nepalese film director, screenwriter and producer. He is generally regarded as a leading figure and pioneer of the “Fourth Cinema” movement in Nepalese cinema, making the film base on Nepalese indigenous community. His works Khangri and Numafung was awarded in many film festivals around the globe. Nabin’s last major project was Goodbye Kathmandu, which is due to release soon. He also directed a 52-episode T.V. serial called Dalan, about Dalit (the untouchables in Nepal), which he completed in the 2006 and aired from NTV 2008/2009. The TV serial was one of the most popular serial in the history on Nepal television , which was nominated for One world media trust ,UK for outstanding work on social issue in developing countries.

He is one of the first filmmaker to take nepali films in international arena participating in international film festivals. Nabin also heads Indigenous film archive , IFA . The organization organize Nepal international indigenous film festival (NIIFF) in Kathmandu annually from past 9 years.

Career

He started his career by directing plays for theatre, winning the Best Play of the Year from Royal Nepal Academy in 1988. Nabin also enjoyed a parallel career in journalism, and worked as correspondent for weekly Nepali Awaj (1989-1992), daily Nepali Patra (1992-1994) Deshanter Weekly (1994-1997). He also worked as the Editor of monthly Rup Rang Entertainment (1994-1995) and Nepathya , A theater Magazine in 1995. He continues to contribute articles to different newspapers and magazines.

Early Work

List of TV series

References


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