Kalsang R.
New York, NY, USA
$10 - $1250
Kalsang studied journalism at the Faculty of journalism and communications, MS university of Baroda, in 1999. He spent 2 years studying journalism and submitted a dissertation thesis on “Tibetan media with reference to major Tibetan websites”. After finishing his studies, he joined the Department of Information and International Relations of the Tibetan government in exile as the editor of the official website of the Tibetan government in exile in 2001.
In 2006, Kalsang got 2-year scholarship under the US government’s Tibetan Scholarship Programme. He finished his MFA in Film and Video Production in 2008, and as part of his degree, he submitted a documentary film “Phantoms of Chittagong” about Establishment 22, or the Special Frontier Force, a paramilitary force comprising of Tibetan refugee recruits that India started in 1962. He now lives in Elmhurst, NY, doing freelance videography and independent filmmaking. He runs a production house called Blind Dog films which he describes proverbially in Tibetan saying "Small Stove with a High Flame" kind of work ethic.
- News Shooter / Video Journalist
- Documentary DP
- Commercial DP
- Corporate Videographer
- Non-Fiction Film Director
- Translator
- Fixer
- Video Editor - Documentary
- Production Company
- Drone Operator