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| name = Prashant Nair<br />
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| caption = Nair at the [[Sundance Film Festival]] in January 2015<br />
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| birth_place = [[Chandigarh, India]]<br />
| occupation = Film director & screenwriter<br />
| years_active = 2011-present<br />
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'''Prashant Nair''' is an Indian film director, screenwriter and [[Film producer|producer]] best known for his 2015 feature film ''[[Umrika]]'', starring [[Suraj Sharma]] and [[Tony Revolori]], which premiered at the [[2015 Sundance Film Festival]] and won the [[List of Sundance Film Festival award winners#2015|World Cinema Dramatic Audience Award]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Yuan|first1=Jada|title=Me & Earl & the Dying Girl Dazzles at Sundance|url=http://www.vulture.com/2015/02/me-earl-the-dying-girl-dazzles-at-sundance.html|accessdate=1 February 2015|date=1 February 2015}}</ref> His latest feature, ''[[Tryst With Destiny]]'', premiered at the 2020 Tribeca Film Festival where it won the Best Screenplay in an International Narrative award.<br />
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==Biography==<br />
Nair was born in [[Chandigarh]], India to diplomat parents but was raised in Europe, Africa and Asia before going on to live and work in New York, Paris, Prague, Berlin and Mumbai. He credits his constant moving and exposure to different parts of the world as the biggest impact on the subjects of his films.<ref name=sharf>{{cite web|last1=Sharf|first1=Zack|title=Nair speaks to Indiewire|url=http://www.indiewire.com/article/meet-the-2015-sundance-filmmakers-73-prashant-nair-spans-continents-for-indian-drama-umrika-20150130|website=Indiewire|date=31 January 2015|publisher=News.Corp|accessdate=19 February 2015}}</ref> As a result of his upbringing, Nair is fluent in English, French and Hindi and has studied Italian, German and Arabic.<br />
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He initially worked as a social media entrepreneur well until late 2010 when he first transitioned towards a career in film.<ref>{{cite web|title=Prashant Nair: A filmmaker with an entrepreneurial flair|url=http://www.moneycontrol.com/video/features/prashant-nair-a-filmmakeran-entrepreneurial-flair_670852.html|website=Moneycontrol|accessdate=27 February 2016}}</ref> His first full-length film was the micro-budget ''Delhi In A Day'' which Nair has said he made as "a sort of film school." The film went on to have a limited theatrical release in India in 2012 and was well received by critics, voted one of the top ten independent films of the year by Times of India.{{citation needed|date=February 2015}}<br />
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His 2015 film, ''Umrika'' became the only Indian feature to win an award at the Sundance Film Festival, taking home the ''[[List of Sundance Film Festival award winners#2015|World Cinema Dramatic Audience Award]]''. Its European premiere took place at the 2015 Karlovy Vary Film Festival following which the film went on to play at over forty international film festivals, picking up numerous accolades including the ''HP Bridging the Borders Award'' at the 2016 Palm Springs International Film Festival and the ''FIPRESCI Critic's prize'' at the Cairo International Film Festival 2015.<br />
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Shortly after its premiere, theatrical rights of the film were sold by sales agent Beta Cinema to France, Germany, Austria, Australia, South Korea and numerous other territories, making it one of the more widely distributed Indian independent films in recent times.<ref>{{cite web|last=Levine|first=Sydney|title=Cannes15: Beta Cinema's 'Ghosthunters' & 'Umrika' Among Hot Sellers at Marché du Film|url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/sydneylevine/canne-15-beta-cinemas-ghosthunters-umrika-among-hot-sellers-at-marche-du-film-20150517|website=Indiewire.com|accessdate=17 May 2015}}</ref><br />
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Nair has said that the film is "about the mythology of America and, more generally, how cultures perceive each other: the stereotypes, assumptions, misunderstandings and labeling as “exotic” of all things unfamiliar".<ref>{{cite web|last1=Sharf|first1=Zack|title=Meet the 2015 Sundance Filmmakers #73: Prashant Nair Spans Continents for Indian Drama 'Umrika'|url=http://www.indiewire.com/article/meet-the-2015-sundance-filmmakers-73-prashant-nair-spans-continents-for-indian-drama-umrika-20150130|website=Indiewire|date=31 January 2015|accessdate=2 February 2015}}</ref><br />
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In 2018, Nair directed two episodes of the Amazon Prime TV series ''Made In Heaven''.<br />
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''Tryst With Destiny'', a co-production between Drishyam Films and Backup Media, won the Best Screenplay in an International Narrative award at the 2020 Tribeca Film Festival where it screened for a jury that included [[Demián Bichir]], [[Danny Boyle]], [[Judith Godrèche]], [[Sabine Hoffman]] and [[William Hurt]]. Nair will be adapting the non-fiction book ''Trial by Fire'' as a web-series. Written by Neelam and Shekhar Krishnamoorthy, the couple who lost their children in the [[uphaar cinema fire]], it chronicles the event and their subsequent battle for justice.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/web-series-on-delhis-uphaar-cinema-fire-tragedy-in-works/1688825|title=Web series on Delhi''s Uphaar cinema fire tragedy in works|work=Outlook|date=18 December 2019|accessdate=17 July 2020}}</ref><br />
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==Filmography==<br />
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|2012 || ''[[Delhi In A Day]]'' || Debut<br />
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|2015 || ''[[Umrika]]''|| won ''[[List of Sundance Film Festival award winners#2015|World Cinema Dramatic Audience Award]]'' at [[2015 Sundance Film Festival]] <br />
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| 2019 || ''[[Made in Heaven (TV series)|Made in Heaven]]'' || 2 episodes only; Best Director, Indian Television Academy Awards 2019<br />
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|2020 || ''[[Tryst With Destiny (film)|Tryst With Destiny]]'' || Best Screenplay In An International Narrative, Tribeca Film Festival 2020 <br />
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|2023 || ''[[Trial By Fire (Indian web series)|Trial By Fire]]'' || TV series on [[Netflix]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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