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Sonthar Gyal (b. 1974)

Alias:
ཟོན་ཐར་རྒྱལ།
松太加

Birthplace:
Hainan，Qinghai Province，China

Born:
May 29, 1974

Biography from TheMovieDB

Sonthar Gyal (b. 1974) is a Tibetan director from Tongde County, Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai. Gyal studied at the Tsolho Nationalities Teacher Training College in Hainan Prefecture and taught in the nomadic community for four years. Afterwards, he received a scholarship to study fine arts at the Qinghai Normal University in Xining. After graduating in 2003 with a B.A. in Fine Arts, he worked as an art teacher and a curator at the Tongde Cultural Museum.  Encouraged by his friend, Pema Tseden, who also hails from Hainan Prefecture, Gyal followed him to the prestigious Beijing Film Academy, where he studied cinematography for 2 years with the support of Trace Foundation. Upon graduation, Gyal worked as a cinematographer and artistic director for a series of films and documentaries, many directed by Tseden. He made his directorial debut in 2011 with "The Sun Beaten Path." — Wikipedia

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Film Production

Art Designer:
2005  The Silent Holy Stones

Cinematography:
2005  The Silent Holy Stones
2011  Old Dog

Director:
2005  The Silent Holy Stones
2011  Old Dog
2011  The Sun Beaten Path
2015  River
2018  Ala Changso
2019  Lhamo and Skalbe

Director of Photography:
2005  The Silent Holy Stones
2008  Flares Wafting in 1983
2009  The Search
2011  Old Dog
2011  The Sun Beaten Path
2015  River
2018  Ala Changso
2019  Lhamo and Skalbe

Producer:
2005  The Silent Holy Stones
2008  Flares Wafting in 1983
2009  The Search
2011  Old Dog
2011  The Sun Beaten Path
2015  River
2018  Ala Changso
2019  Lhamo and Skalbe

Production Design:
2004  The Grassland
2005  The Silent Holy Stones
2008  Flares Wafting in 1983
2009  The Search
2011  Old Dog
2011  The Sun Beaten Path
2015  River
2018  Ala Changso
2019  Lhamo and Skalbe

Screenplay:
2004  The Grassland
2005  The Silent Holy Stones
2008  Flares Wafting in 1983
2009  The Search
2011  Old Dog
2011  The Sun Beaten Path
2015  River
2018  Ala Changso
2019  Lhamo and Skalbe

Writer:
2004  The Grassland
2005  The Silent Holy Stones
2008  Flares Wafting in 1983
2009  The Search
2011  Old Dog
2011  The Sun Beaten Path
2015  River
2018  Ala Changso
2019  Lhamo and Skalbe

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