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Sanjoy K Roy, an entrepreneur of the arts, is the Managing Director of Teamwork Arts with offices in Boulder, Cairo, Chicago, Hong Kong, Johannesburg, London, New Delhi, Singapore, Sydney and has directed and produced over 1000 hours of a wide range of films and television shows, including drama series, game shows, newsmagazines, and lifestyle programmes.

Education and Early Career

Sanjoy went to school in London, Mumbai and Delhi. He attended Cathedral and John Connon School in Mumbai and the Delhi Public School, Mathura Road. He majored in Philosophy from St Stephen’s College at Delhi University.

Soon after, he joined Barry John’s Theatre Action Group (TAG) as an actor, went on to become its manager and later, Executive Director.

Teamwork Arts

Sanjoy established Teamwork Films and Teamwork Arts in 1989 along with business partner Mohit Satyanand, as a highly versatile production house with wide ranging interests in the performing and visual arts, social sector and films and television.

Teamwork designs and produces 23 annual Arts Festivals across 21 cities in 13 countries including Cairo, Cape Town, Durban, Chennai, Chicago, Edinburgh, Harare, Hong Kong, Jaipur,  London, New Delhi, San Francisco, Seattle, Singapore, and Vancouver, including the world’s largest literary gathering – The annual Jaipur Literature Festival. www.teamworkarts.com

Awards and Recognition

Sanjoy has received the National Award for Excellence and Best Director, for the film Shahjahanabad: the Twilight Years.

He was invited to direct and design the ‘Closing’ of the Commonwealth Games Arts Festival 2006 – Melbourne; The ASEAN Heads of State Summit in 2013 & the Africa Summit in 2011 & 15. He was also an advisor to The Kennedy Centre’s Maximum India Festival.

He is the Co Chair of the Creative Industries segment at the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and a National Advisor to EEMA.

He is advisor for the arts and diversity for numerous government and non- governmental organizations across the world.

Books and Publications:

Sanjoy has contributed to articles and chapters in many mainstream publications and books, amongst these are Reimagine: India-UK Cultural Relations in the 21st Century (ed. Shrabani Basu; pub. Bloomsbury), Staged! (pub. Om Books)

Charitable Work

Sanjoy is a founder trustee of Salaam Baalak Trust (SBT) working to provide support services for street and working children in the inner city of Delhi where over 55,000 children have benefitted from education, training and residential services. The White House recently presented SBT the US President’s Committee of Arts and Humanities Award for an International Organization.