Lawa Pyakurel

{{Infobox person

| name = Lawa Pyakurel

| image = Lawa Pyakurel (2).jpg

| native_name = लव प्याकुरेल

| birth_date = 1973

| birth_place = [https://likhumunnuwakot.gov.np/ Likhu-04, Chaughada, Nuwakot], Nepal

| nationality = Nepali

| occupation = Documentary Filmmaker and Editor

| years_active = 1994 - present

}}

[https://nepalitimes.com/review/streaming-the-himalaya-on-film Lawa Pyakurel]{{Cite web |last=Lamsal |first=Dhruba |date=2022-11-30 |title=लव प्याकुरेल : पर्दामा नदेखिने 'नायक' : RajdhaniDaily.com |url=https://rajdhanidaily.com/id/73010/ |access-date=2023-07-22 |website=राजधानी राष्ट्रिय दैनिक (लोकप्रिय राष्ट्रिय दैनिक)-RajdhaniDaily.com |language=ne-NP}} (born April 30, 1973, Nepali: लव प्याकुरेल), also known by his birth name Bala Ram Pyakurel, is a Nepalese filmmaker and editor who works mostly in the documentary film genre.{{Cite web |last=Pabitra |first=Mudvari |date=2021-12-07 |title=Lawa Pyakurel, a popular documentary editor in Nepal |url=https://www.dainiki.com/179611/ |access-date=2023-07-22 |website=Dainiki |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=गैर-काल्पनिक चलचित्रहरूमा सामाजिक जीवन खोज्ने 'सम्पादक' |url=http://www.filmykhabar.com/news/21101/ |access-date=2023-07-22 |website=www.filmykhabar.com}}{{Cite web |last=Rana |first=Pinki Sris |date=2024-08-29 |title=Streaming the Himalaya on film |url=https://nepalitimes.com/review/streaming-the-himalaya-on-film |access-date=2025-04-06 |website=nepalitimes.com}} He is best known for his work on the documentaries Wound of Panchayat (Panchayat Ko Ghau),{{Cite web |date=2012-01-31 |title='पञ्चायतको घाउ', शासन र शक्तिको दुरुपयोगविरुद्धको शक्तिशाली आवाज |url=https://revoscience.com/np/2012/01/31/23105/ |access-date=2023-01-09 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2018-11-16 |title=ज्ञानेन्द्र शाहको शासनकालमा 'वृत्तचित्र फिल्म' बनाउँदा गोप्य नीति अपनायौं |url=https://www.kathmandutoday.com/2018/11/352041.html |archive-date= |access-date=2023-07-22 |website=}} Blue Sky (Nilo Akash) and Girls Rewriting Destiny.{{Cite web |title=बादी महिलामा समर्पित वृत्तचित्र 'निलो आकाश' |url=https://nepaltvonline.com/2021/11/35264/ |access-date=2023-06-27 |website=नेपाल टेलिभिजन |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=बादी महिलामा समर्पित वृत्तचित्र 'निलो आकाश' |url=https://onlineradionepal.gov.np/2021/11/03/220657.html |access-date=2023-01-09 |website=रेडियो नेपाल |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2025-03-25 |title=Nepal International Film Festival wraps up, honouring top films - OnlineKhabar English News |url=https://english.onlinekhabar.com/nepal-international-film-festival-2.html |access-date=2025-04-06 |language=en-GB}} He is a linear and non-linear audio visual maker and editor.{{Cite web |date=2019-06-03 |title=विशेष नागरिक पुरस्कार तथा सम्मान प्रदान |url=https://nepalkhabar.com/literature/137366-2022-7-18-6-42-25 |access-date=2023-07-22 |website=nepalkhabar |language=Nepali}}{{Cite web |title=National Power News:: प्याकुरेलले ल्याए नारी आवाजलाई बुलन्द गराउन "निलो आकाश" |url=https://nationalpowernews.com/2021/11/25672?amp |access-date=2023-07-22}}

Career

Lawa Pyakurel is a documentary filmmaker/editor in the Nepalese film industry with more than 25 years of experience.{{Cite web |title=बादी महिलामा समर्पित वृत्तचित्र 'नीलो आकाश' |url=https://beta.gorkhapatraonline.com/entertainment/2021-11-03-49880 |access-date=2023-07-22 |website=GorakhaPatra}}{{Cite web |title='नेपाली डकुमेन्ट्री फिल्मले आफ्नै पहिचान बनाउन सफल छन्' |url=https://ehimalayatimes.com/2023/01/78177/ |access-date=2023-07-22 |website=Himalaya Times |language=en-US}} He started his film career in 1994 as an assistant director in the mega serial 'Khandahar ko Phool' (Flower of Ruins) directed by Suyog Koirala. He is the chief assistant director and editor of Nepal's first Sanskrit language telefilm 'Guru Dakshina' and 'Raag-Viragam. His first documentary film 'Jhilko' (A Spark Can Start a Great Fire)' was produced in 1997, after which he has worked in more than a hundred documentary films, short films, TV talk shows/programs/reports, TVC and PSAs.{{Cite web |title='सुपर मंक' र 'मरिसकेको मान्छे' उत्कृष्ट |url=https://ekantipur.com/entertainment/2019/01/07/154684572889347903.html |access-date=2023-01-09 |website=ekantipur.com |language=ne}}

Biography

Pyakurel has received various national and international honors and awards including Shikhar Honor (2018), Golden Honor (2019), Mahakavi Laxmi Prasad Devkota Talent Honor (2019), National Tribute Honor (2020), Special Citizen Award (2022).{{Cite web |title=झिल्टुङ गाउँमा महाकवि देवकोटाको सम्झना |url=https://www.onlinekhabar.com/2019/10/806638 |access-date=2023-07-22 |website=Online Khabar |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=स्रष्टाहरुलाई फुलाराको 'राष्ट्रिय मानार्थ सम्मान' |url=https://khabarhub.com/2021/19/315812/ |access-date=2023-07-22 |website=Khabarhub |language=en}} His articles, writings and opinions covering the themes of various films have been published in Nepali national daily [https://annapurnapost.com/story/129217/ Annapurna Post], Naya Patrika, Himalaya Times, The Rising Nepal and other newspapers.{{Cite web |title=एमसिसीको दृश्यभावमा नेपाली नेताहरू |url=https://ehimalayatimes.com/2022/02/71605/ |access-date=2023-07-22 |website=Himalaya Times |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Unleashing the Power of Video to Revolutionize Education |url=https://risingnepaldaily.com/news/27981 |access-date=2023-07-22 |website=GorakhaPatra}} He is also a founding member of the Executive Committee of the [https://saarcjournalistforum.org/ SAARC Journalist Forum (SJF)] Nepal Chapter, an international organization of journalists from South Asian countries.{{Cite web |title=सार्क पत्रकार मञ्चको नेपाल शाखा विस्तार |url=https://www.news24nepal.tv/2022/07/30/891205 |access-date=2023-07-22 |website=News24 : Premium News Channel |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=सार्क पत्रकार मञ्चको नेपाल शाखा विस्तार |url=https://www.newsofnepal.com/2022/07/30/517524/ |access-date=2023-07-22 |website=News of Nepal |language=en}}{{Cite web |last= |title=SJF Nepal Chapter had been formed under the coordination of Prakash Silwal and members |url=https://thenewsindia.co.in/world.php?articleid=465 |access-date=2023-07-22 |website=SJF Nepal Chapter had been formed under the coordination of Prakash Silwal and members |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Nepal Chapter of SAARC Journalist Forum formed under Silwal |url=https://onlineradionepal.gov.np/2022/07/30/309558.html |access-date=2023-07-22 |website=रेडियो नेपाल |language=en-US}}

Selected filmography

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Director ! Editor ! Producer ! Genre
1994 \| *Flower of Ruins (Khandahar ko Phool)* \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| Mega-serial
1996 \| *Form and Fate (Rup ra Bhagya)* \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| TV Serial
1997 \| A Spark Can Start a Great Fire (Jhilko){{Cite web \|last=समयपोष्ट \|title=पहुँच र पहिचान स्थापित गर्दै 'वृत्तचित्र फिल्म' \|url=https://www.samayapost.com/12/68645.html \|access-date=2023-07-18 \|website=samayapost}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| Documentary Film
1998 \| *A Light of Hope (Ashako Diyo)* \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| Tele-film
1998 \| *Time Watch (Samaya Ghadi)* \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| Experimental Film
1998 \| *The Dream (Sapana)* \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| Tele-film
1999 \| *Atonement (Prayaschit)* \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| Fiction Film
2000 \| *Gurkhas’ Blues* \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| Documentary Film
2000 \| *Marriage After 20+* \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| TVC
2001 \| *Safe Maternal Health* \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| Celluloid Advertisement
2004 \| *The Other Side of the Coin* \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| Documentary Film
2004 \| *Community Actions-Global Impact* \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| Documentary Film
2005-06 \| *Perspective (Distrikon)* \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| TV Program
2006 \| *Kaal-khanda* \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| Novel Series
2006 \| *People’s Participation in Rhino Conservation* \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| Documentary Film
2007 \| *Guru Dakshina* \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| Sanskrit Language Tele-film
2007 \| *Forgotten Woman (Birsieaka Mahilaharu)* \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| Documentary Film
2007 \| *Angnima: The Icefall Doctor* \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| Observational Documentary
2008 \| *Raag-Biragam* \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| Sanskrit Language Tele-film
2008 \| Wound of Panchayat (Panchayat ko Ghau){{Cite web \|date=2012-01-31 \|title='पञ्चायतको घाउ', शासन र शक्तिको दुरुपयोगविरुद्धको शक्तिशाली आवाज \|url=https://revoscience.com/np/2012/01/31/23105/ \|access-date=2023-07-18 \|language=en-US}}{{Cite web \|title='पंचायतको घाऊ', नागरिकको शक्तिशाली आवाज \|url=http://www.filmykhabar.com/news/21100 \|access-date=2023-07-18 \|website=www.filmykhabar.com}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| Documentary Film
2009 \| *Sherpas: The True Heroes of Mount Everest* \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| Documentary Film
2010 \| *The Shadow of Mount Everest (Sagarmatha ko Pratibimba)* \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| Documentary Film
2010 \| *Enabling Smaller Voices* \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| Documentary Film
2011-14 \| *Labour and Creation (Sharm ra Srijana)* \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| TV Program
2012 \| *Nizamati: Under Fire* \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| Documentary Film
2012 \| *Steps (Paila)* \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| Documentary Film
2012-13 \| *Entrepreneur (Udhyam)* \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| TV Program
2013 \| *Transforming Faces* \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| Documentary Film
2013 \| *Helicopter Rescuer in the Himalayas* \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| Documentary Film
2013 \| *Lumbini to Seoul* \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| Documentary Film
2013 \| *Wish of God* \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| TVC
2014 \| *Save the Country* \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| Feature Film
2014 \| *Teachers can make a Difference* \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| Campaign Video
2015 \| *Revolving Face (Pheriyeko Muhar)* \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| Documentary Film
2015 \| *Revolving Face (Pheriye ko Muhar)* \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| Documentary Film
2015 \| *Community Forestry: Trail to Highway* \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| Documentary Film
2015 \| *Theater for Social Transformation* \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| Documentary Film
2015 \| *Healer of Humla* \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| Experimental Short Video
2016 \| *Cost of Dust (Dhulo ko Mulya)* \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| Documentary Film
2016 \| *Karnali Development Diary* \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| Documentary Film
2016 \| *Class Power (Barga-Satta)* \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| style="text-align:center;"\|{{y}} \| Documentary Film
2016 \| *Education Reform Plan in Nepal* \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| Documentary Film
2016 \| Wedding of Maize (Makai ko Bihe){{Cite web \|title=National Power News:: दुवईमा 'नेफ्टा फिल्म अवार्ड -२०७२' भव्यताका साथ सम्पन्न \|url=https://nationalpowernews.com/2017/01/25953?amp \|access-date=2023-08-05}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| Documentary Film
2016 \| *Education Reform Plan in Nepal* \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| Documentary Film
2017 \| *PPP (Public-Private-Partnership)* \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| Documentary Film
2017 \| *Community Formularization* \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| Documentary Film
2017 \| *Epic Centre: Blackout* \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| Documentary Film
2018 \| *Technical Knowledge of Workers* \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| Educational Video Materials
2018 \| *Gorilla Track* \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| Documentary Film
2018 \| *Community Empowerment and Development Achievement* \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| Documentary Film
2019 \| Blue Sky (Nilo Akash){{Cite web \|last=रासस \|title=बादी महिलामा समर्पित वृत्तचित्र 'निलो आकाश' \|url=https://www.khabardabali.com/news/317688 \|access-date=2023-07-18 \|website=बादी महिलामा समर्पित वृत्तचित्र ‘निलो आकाश’}}{{Cite web \|title=बादी महिलामा समर्पित वृत्तचित्र 'नीलो आकाश' \|url=https://beta.gorkhapatraonline.com/entertainment/2021-11-03-49880 \|access-date=2023-07-18 \|website=GorakhaPatra}}{{Cite web \|date=2021-11-03 \|title=बादी महिलामा समर्पित वृत्तचित्र 'निलो आकाश' \|url=https://www.khasokhas.com/143517 \|access-date=2023-07-18 \|website=Khasokhas \|language=en}}{{Cite web \|last=manoj \|date=2021-11-03 \|title=बादी महिलामा समर्पित वृत्तचित्र 'निलो आकाश' \|url=https://www.newsmadhesh.com/details/15092.html \|access-date=2023-07-22 \|website=News Madhesh \|language=en-US}}{{Cite web \|title=बादी महिलाको कथाले भरिएको वृत्तचित्र 'निलो आकाश' \|url=https://www.wenepali.com/2021/11/81254.html \|access-date=2023-07-22 \|website=UK NEPALI NEWS {{!}} UK NEPAL NEWS}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| Documentary Film
2019 \| *Successful Story* \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| Participatory Documentary
2019 \| *Unbroken Hopes* \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| Participatory Short Documentary
2020 \| *Behind the Herd* \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| Experimental Documentary
2021 \| Ox Fiesta (Goru Parwa){{Cite web \|title='गोरु पर्व' लाई उत्कृष्ट वृत्तचित्र अवार्ड \|url=http://ekantipur.com/entertainment/2023/02/01/167521743003568131.html \|access-date=2023-07-18 \|website=ekantipur.com \|language=ne}}{{Cite web \|title='गोरु पर्व' लाई उत्कृष्ट वृत्तचित्र अवार्ड \|url=https://nepal.cri.cn/2023/02/01/ARTIYCq6lEN2GcS4sKCwcoZu230201.shtml \|access-date=2023-07-22 \|website=nepal.cri.cn}}{{Cite web \|last= \|date=2023-02-01 \|title='गोरू पर्व'लाई उत्कृष्ट वृत्तचित्र पुरस्कार \|url=https://sahityapost.com/literature-news/96648/ \|access-date=2023-07-22 \|website=साहित्यपोस्ट}}{{Cite web \|title=गोरु पर्वले पायो अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय अवार्ड \|url=https://www.souryaonline.com/2023/01/512683.html \|access-date=2023-07-22 \|website=SouryaOnline}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| Documentary Film
2022 \| *Chitawan Irrigation; Community-based Project* \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| Documentary Film
2022 \| *Path of Development; Bagmati Irrigation Project* \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| Documentary Film
2024 \| Girls Rewriting Destiny{{Cite web \|title=Girls Rewriting Destiny, la rinascita delle donne nepalesi come guide alpine \|url=https://www.loscarpone.cai.it/dettaglio/girls-rewriting-destiny-la-rinascita-delle-donne-nepalesi-come-guide-alpine/ \|access-date=2025-01-28 \|website=www.loscarpone.cai.it \|language=it}}{{Cite web \|last=nadmin \|date=2025-03-26 \|title=Nepal International Film Festival 2025 Awards Top Films and Talent \|url=https://nepalmonitor.com/2025/03/26/nepal-international-film-festival-2025-awards/ \|access-date=2025-04-06 \|website=Nepal Monitor \|language=en-US}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| \| Documentary Film
2025 (Updated) \| Jugal: A Symbol of Unwavering Belief{{Cite web \|title='स्पाईनी ब्याबलर फिल्म फेष्टिवल' : विभिन्न व्यक्तिलाई अवार्ड प्रदान र सम्मान \|url=https://www.souryaonline.com/2023/06/535139.html \|access-date=2023-08-27 \|website=SouryaOnline}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| Documentary Film

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Director

! Editor

! Producer

! Genre

1994

| Flower of Ruins (Khandahar ko Phool)

| style="text-align:center;"|