# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/apurba-kishore-bir
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:52:36.450Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/apurba-kishore-bir"
name: "Apurba Kishore Bir"
slug: "apurba-kishore-bir"
description: "Apurba Kishore Bir, also known as A. K. Bir, is an Indian film cinematographer, screenwriter and director. An alumnus of the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, he worked in various Ad-films and documentaries before making his feature-film debut. He won the National Film Award for Best Cinematography for 27 Down, his debut film. His directional debut Aadi Mimansa won the Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration. Bir's other directional ventures Lavanya Preeti and Baaja were bestowed with the National Film Award for Best Children's Film. As of 2014, he has won nine National Film Awards—including three for Best Cinematography—and is one of the directors of National Film Development Corporation of India."
tagline: "Indian film cinematographer, director"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Apurba_Kishor_Bir.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1948"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             19.21739130434783
  historical:           7.945105333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0083208/"
    handle:    "nm0083208"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump