Pankaj Saxena | Artistic Director (Programming) | National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) | India Pankaj Saxena is a Film and TV Institute of India (FTII) alumnus with Diploma in Film Editing and Post Diploma in Film Direction. In a professional career spanning four decades, Pankaj has written, edited, directed and produced a large number of documentaries, short fiction films, television programs, public service advertisements and news stories.

He has also held senior management positions including those of Vice President at Discovery Channel, Head of Programming at BBC Worldwide and Executive Director (Programming) at Lok Sabha TV.

All through his work life, Pankaj has taken time off to teach Cinema and Television at institutions as diverse as FTII Pune, Asian College of Journalism Chennai and KIIT University Bhubaneswar, among many others. He has also been a major contributor to FTII's Skilling India in Film and Television (SKIFT) initiative and has contributed to this Institute holding triple charges of Professor of Screen Studies, Academic Coordinator and Controller of Examination.

Pankaj Saxena follows cinematic arts as a keen student and often holds teaching, training, lectures, workshops and panel discussions on subjects pertaining to the field of films and allied arts. An intrepid traveller and a published writer, Pankaj is currently based in Delhi, working at the National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) as their Artistic Director (Programming).

National Film Development Corporation (NFDC)
Over the years NFDC has worked with some of the most acclaimed filmmakers of India including Satyajit Ray, Mira Nair, Aparna Sen, Shyam Benegal, Govind Nihalani, Mrinal Sen, Richard Attenborough, Adoor Gopalakrishnan and Ketan Mehta.

NFDC is breaking new grounds by co-producing projects involving public-private partnerships. NFDC facilitates line production services of shooting in India and animation services for overseas clients.

NFDC organizes Film Bazaar India- a co-production and distribution market for the South Asian region alongside the International Film Festival of India, Goa. Mission NFDC aims at fostering excellence in cinema and promoting the diversity of its culture by supporting and encouraging films made in various Indian languages.

Vision To create domestic and global appreciation and celebration of the independent Indian cinema. Objectives - To develop talent and to facilitate the growth of Indian cinema in all languages through productions and co-productions, script development and need-based workshops. - To promote Indian culture through cinema in India and overseas. - To build a lean and flexible organisation responsive to the needs of the Indian film industry.

Website:https://www.nfdcindia.com/