Ramon Chibb

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Ramon Chibb
Ramon Chibb
Born	Ramon Chibb (1968-01-11) 11 January 1968 (age 56) Kanpur
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Filmmaker
Years active	1996-present

Ramon Chibb is an Indian Filmmaker, producer, writer and director known for his work in Hindi films and documentaries. He is the co-founder of Manomay Motion Pictures Pvt. Ltd.^[1]

Personal Life

Chibb was born in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh to Group Captain M.L. Chibb^[2] an Indian Air Force officer and Vimala Chibb. Because of his father's transferrable job, Ramon grew up in various cities across the country viz Jorhat, Wellington, Agra, Patiala, Calcutta, Baroda, Delhi, Secunderabad and Ahmedabad. He did his High School from The Air Force School, Delhi Cantt and graduation in economics from St. Xavier's College Ahmedabad.

Career

Chibb was commissioned in the Indian Army in the year 1990 and served in the Kumaon Regiment until 1995.^[3] After hanging his uniform, he learnt filmmaking from his sister Rima Chibb,^[4] a documentary filmmaker.^[5]

Chibb began directing and producing documentaries, advertisements and TV independently in 1996. In 2003, he executive produced the first local production of the National Geographic Channel in India, titled Mission Everest.^[6] He has also directed reality shows and documentaries for Zee, Star, National Geographic and UTV.^[7]

In 2005, Chibb was one of the founding members of the Zee group when it forayed into the digital space. He was appointed Vice President, Head of Content for Zee's digital arm, DMCL.^[8]

In 2007, he became Vice President, Head of Content and Operations for UTV Bindass, a youth TV Channel launched by UTV.^[9]

In the year 2010 he was appointed Senior Vice President, Head of Content for National Geographic and FOX in India.^[10]

Chibb is best known for producing documentaries and TV shows revolving around the Indian Military. He has produced and directed the first four ''Mission series'' for the National Geographic. Besides ''Mission Everest'', he has produced and directed the series ''Mission Udaan''- Inside Indian Air Force^[11], Mission Navy^[12] and Mission Army.^[13]

Since 2013, he is producing films and content under his own company, Manomay Motion Pictures.^[14]

In 2022, he was the Creative Consultant for the film Laal Singh Chaddha.^[15]

Chibb has co-written the Story^[16] of the film Fighter, along with director Siddharth Anand. He is also one of the Producers^[17] of the film. Chibb has written the Screenplay^[18] of Fighter and is the Second Unit Director^[19] of the film.^[20][21] He has acted in the film and played the role of Air Commodore Abhinder Bali^[22], Chief Instructor (Flying), Air Force Academy. Fighter released in the theatres on 25th January 2024^[23]

Filmography

Television credits

References

External links

• Ramon Chibb at IMDb