Joseph St. Anne is a professional creative in the fields of film, photography, and scriptwriting. From art school he went on to a career in Applied Art and Advertising, first in the Art Department of “The Times of India,” and then as a copywriter at Lintas. He pioneered audio-visual and multimedia technologies since 1967 and is responsible for several innovations in the media. He works out of Mumbai.
Recently, he has written audio-tours for the CSMVS Museum, The National Museum of Indian Cinema, The Nehru Centre, Mumbai; and for the National Crafts Museum, New Delhi.
Some Installations and A/V Presentations 1971-2007
Revisiting the Golden Age
of Free Trade between
Indian and European Cities
A short film made for the Euro-India Centre, La Rochelle, France.
Presented at the 1st Summit of the Euro-India Forum at The Taj Exotica, Goa.
Shown subsequently at other venues in several countries.
2007
2006
Bombay Bonanza
T H E M A K I N G O F B O M B A Y
A multimedia, multi-screen installation at CSMVS, The Museum, Mumbai
(Formerly The Prince of Wales Museum.)
The story of how one of the world’s great cities came into being in the hundred years between 1810 and 1910. The change was driven by industry and commerce, and fired by the imagination and benevolence of its citizens.
The installation and exhibition were on public display from December 4, 2006 to March 31, 2007
Producer and Director of “The Rivers of Life,” an environmental film for The Impact Foundation. Premiered in Hong Kong, March 1998. Presented at UN Headquarters, New York, in May.
1998
1996
Producer of the two-screen panoramic art installation, “Mirror Images” for presentation at the Pompidou Centre, Paris.
Producer of the film, “Global Vision 2000” for the PGR Group for presentation worldwide.
Producer of the curtain-raiser “Driven by India” for the Golden Jubilee Celebrations of Mahindra & Mahindra, India.
1995
1994
Producer of the film, “India Means Business,” for the Garware Euro-issue.
Producer of the Indian Machine Tools presentation at the Machine Tools Fair at Hannover, Germany.
1993
1992
Producer of the film, “The International Indian,” for use internationally by Standard Chartered Bank.
Producer of the theme presentation at the World Thalassemia Conference at Bombay.
1991
1990
Producer of the multivision curtain-raiser at the 1990 CAG Awards, Bombay.
Producer of the multivision, “125 Years of The Bombay Police Commissionerate.” Presented on the visit of the President of India to Police Headquarters, Bombay.
1989
1988
Producer of the documentary film, “The Great Indian Marketplace” for Colgate-Palmolive.
Stockholm, Bombay
Producer of “Vanashri – The Bountiful Forest” A film for The Festival of India, Sweden.
Designer and Director of the Curtain Raiser and Theme Presentation at the XXth Awards for Excellence in Advertising, at the Homi Bhabha Auditorium, Bombay.
1987
1985
Hong Kong
Presented “The Goa Experience” in Hong Kong.
Hannover, London…
Producer of the Mahindra Exports Presentation at the Hannover World Fair.
Producer of “Calicos from Calicut” for Parry Murray of London.
Producer of the Mahindra-Manitou multivision at the International Trade Fair, New Delhi.
1984
1983
Dubai, Bombay
Producer of “Invest in your Homeland” – a presentation for NRIs in the Middle East.
Producer of the curtain-raiser to the “Filmfare Awards Silver Jubilee” in Bombay.
London…
Producer of the CPC-CHEMEXCIL presentation, for use in several African countries.
Producer of the multivision “The Indian Pharmaceutical Industry” for the Union Ministry of PC&F. Presented at Olympia in London.
Producer of the multivision “The Art of Akbar Padamsee” for the Festival of India in England.
1982
1981
Helsinki, Munich…
Producer of the Indian Presentation by Ramesh Sanzgiri at Design ’81 – Icograda ICSID IFI – at Helsinki, Finland.
Producer of the Theme Presentation at the India Pavilion – Systems ‘8l Computer Fair at Munich.
Producer of the presentation, “India, the Jewel of the East” for use in the USA.
Producer of the presentation, “India – Adventure and Riddle” in Russian for use in the USSR.
New Delhi
Producer of the multivision “Indian Art through the Eyes of Coomaraswamy” at the National Museum, New Delhi.
1980
1979
New Delhi
Producer of the multivision at the Petroleum Pavilion at the Indian Trade Exhibition, Delhi.
Agra
Producer of the Air India-IATA multimedia Presentation, at the PATA Conference, Agra.
1978
1976
Sydney
Producer of the “India Presentation” at the 10th Asian Advertising Congress, in Sydney.
New Delhi
Producer of the multi-screen musical presentation, “Computerland,” for IBM World Trade Corporation.
1978
1971
Geneva
Scriptwriter and Technical Manager of the Government of India Presentation by Dr Vikram Sarabhai at the International Conference for the Peaceful Uses of the Atom, UNO, Geneva.