Dr Ambrish Saxena has remained engaged in filmmaking at various levels. He has been associated with films of Films Division, NFDC, Doordarshan [Kolkata and Lucknow], private producers and educational institutions.

Besides filmmaking, he has also contributed as Jury of film festivals.

I. TELEFILMS

• Acted in a film BITTA BHAR ZAMIN made for Kolkata Doordarshan in 1990
• Involvement in 4 telefilms during 1980s

II. DOCUMENTARIES

• Associated with the production of and acted in CHAKRAVYUH (Director: Muzahir Rahim), in Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh [1995]
• This feature cum documentary film was a production of Films Division
• Director of INSIGHT, a 16-minute documentary on Research in VIPS [2015]
• Executive Producer of ME TOO, WE ALL, LETS SPEAK UP, a 14-minute documentary on #Me Too movement, produced in DME [2018]

III. PROMOTIONAL FILMS

• Produced a promotional film on VIPS [2004]
• QUOTE UNQUOTE, a 10-minute promotional film on VIPS [2015]

IV. FEATURE FILMS

• Associated with the production of and acted in feature film TULSIDAS (Director: Atma Ram)
• This was a production of NFDC [1992]
• Producer in a full-length (2 hours) students’ feature film HAANTA [2007]
• This was a self-funded project with about 150 students of GGSIPU and VIPS
• It was screened at several film festivals.
• Assisted in the production of NO ONE KILLED JESSICA during shooting in New Delhi

V. SHORT FILMS [200]

• Executive Producer of about 200 short fiction films and documentaries made by the students

 VI. FILM FESTIVAL JURY

Dr Saxena has been a jury member in film festivals for long.

• VATAVARAN, Environment and Wildlife Film Festival of India
• Served as Jury member in this international festival, organised by Centre for Media Studies (CMS), in 2006
• National Science Film Festival of India (NSFFI), Vigyan Prasar

Served as Jury member in this festival, organised Vigyan Prasar, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, in 2020