Satya Hegde

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Satya Hegde (born 17 May 1975) is an Indian cinematographer who works in Kannada cinema. He made his debut with Taali Kattuva Shubhavele in 2002. Following this, he worked in over 20 films and received critical praise for his work in Duniya (2007) and Myna (2013), along with his collaborations with Duniya Soori.

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Early life Satya Hegde was born on 17 May 1975 to Parameshwar Hegde and Savithri in Haliyal, Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. He completed his schooling from Carmel High School, Haliyal in 1989. Following this, he was sent to Sanduru to complete his Pre-university course by his father who then wanted him to pursue a career in Computer science. Due to his poor scores during the course, he was persuaded by his brother to obtain a diploma. Having decided to choose cinematography as the subject specialization at the Sri Jayachamarajendra Polytechnic, Bangalore, Hegde obtained the diploma in cinematography in 1995.

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Career Hegde began his career as a cinematographer assisting B. C. Gowrishankar, a popular cinematographer of the time. He also assisted Ashok Kashyap, P. Rajan, H. C. Venu, P. K. H. Das, Surendranath Begur, and Krishna. During the time, he worked in making , , television advertisements and in such as Ankura and Swarnarekhe. He worked as a camera operator and an assistant cinematographer in the Kannada language films Sparsha (2000), Parva (2002) and H2O. In the same year, he started out as an independent cinematographer in films with the film Taali Kattuva Shubhavele. He then worked in the 2005 releases Yashwanth and Masala, both of which failed to perform commercially. Following this, Hegde worked with Ashok Kashyap in a soap opera before returning to films with the 2007 film Duniya for which he won praise for his work from critics.

His work in Myna (2013), that was shot mostly outdoors with simulated lighting won him praise. He then worked in Gajakesari (2014) collaborating with Krishna, a cinematographer himself, as the director. He received praise for his work in Rhaatee, with critics calling it a "visual poetry"; it involved frames of Bangalore and Muthathi forest. For his work in Rhaatee, he was awarded the Best Cinematographer at the 2014 Karnataka State Film Awards.

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Filmography

2000	Sparsha	Sunil Kumar Desai	Assistant cinematographer
2002	Parva		Assistant cinematographer
	H2O	N. Lokanath Rajaram	Assistant cinematographer
	Taali Kattuva Shubhavele
2005	Yashwanth	Dayal Padmanabhan
	Masala
2007	Duniya	Duniya Soori	Suvarna Film Award for Best Cinematographer Kasturi Film Award for Best Cinematographer Cinegandha Award for Best Cinematographer
	Ee Preethi Onthara	Subramanya Thememane
2008	Inthi Ninna Preethiya	Suri
2009	Ambari	A. P. Arjun
	Junglee	Suri
	Manasaare	Yogaraj Bhat	Zee Kannada Film Award for Best Cinematographer Innovative Film Award for Best Cinematographer
	Gokula	Prakash
2010	Jackie	Suri	Suvarna Film Award for Best Cinematographer
2011	Sanju Weds Geetha	Nagashekar	SIIMA Award for Best Cinematographer
	Hudugaru	K. Madesh
2012	Shiva	Om Prakash Rao
	Anna Bond	Suri	Nominated—SIIMA Award for Best Cinematographer
2013	Myna	Nagashekar	Nominated—SIIMA Award for Best Cinematographer
2014	Gajakesari	Krishna	Nominated—SIIMA Award for Best Cinematographer
	6-5=2	Bharat Jain
2015	Rhaatee	A. P. Arjun	Karnataka State Film Award for Best Cinematographer
	Aatagara	K. M. Chaitanya
	Kendasampige	Suri
2016	Doddmane Hudga	Suri
	U Turn	Pawan Kumar
2017	Maasthi Gudi	Nagashekar
2019	Amar	Nagashekar
2020	Butterfly	Ramesh Aravind
	Paris Paris	Ramesh Aravind	Tamil film
	Act 1978	Mansore
2021	100	Ramesh Aravind
2024	Martin	A. P. Arjun
2025	Sanju Weds Geetha 2	Nagashekar
	Ekka	Rohit Padaki
	45	Arjun Janya

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External links

Categories: Official Website, 1975 Births, Living People, People From Uttara Kannada, Kannada Film Cinematographers, Cinematographers From Karnataka, Karnataka State Film Award Winners

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