Stanzin Dorjai

Stanzin Dorjai is an Indian documentary filmmaker from Gya in Ladakh, India.

[1] Dorjai was born in the village of Gya in Ladakh, in the high Indian Himalayas.

[3] In 1995, unable to pass the necessary standardized tests to complete high school, Dorjai began attending an alternative school, SECMOL (Students Educational and Cultural Movement of Ladakh), where he learnt more about the visual medium.

There it was able to watch more documentaries, and meet people from the film industry, including Indian filmmaker Lena Tace and Lars Lidstrom from Sweden, as well as his mentor, Mumbai based Director Rahul Randaive.

[4] In 2000, Dorjai worked as editor, executive producer and cinematographer of Tsondus, which is his first feature film.