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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Udayan Prasad''' (born [[Sevagram]], 4 February 1953) is an Indian-born British television and film director. He is best known for his films ''Brothers in Trouble'' (1995) and ''My Son the Fanatic'' (1997), the latter based on a short story by [[Hanif Kureshi]].<ref name="AllonCullen2001">{{cite book|author1=Yoram Allon|author2=Del Cullen|author3=Hannah Patterson|title=Contemporary British and Irish Film Directors: A Wallflower Critical Guide|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OJAcf31BweQC&pg=PA273|year=2001|publisher=Wallflower Press|isbn=978-1-903364-21-5|page=273|chapter=Udayan Prasad}}</ref><br />
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==Life==<br />
Udayan Prasad was born in [[Sevagram]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]] in 1953, and grew up on an ashram. He came to Britain when he was nine. He started studying [[archaeology]] at [[Birmingham University]], but left to study [[graphic design]] at [[Leeds Polytechnic]], where he started filmmaking.<ref name="Donnell2002">{{cite book|editor-link=Alison Donnell|editor=Alison Donnell|title=Companion to Contemporary Black British Culture|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B-XkBXMWKjcC&pg=PT466|year=2002|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-134-70024-0|pages=466–|chapter=Prasad, Udayan}}</ref><br />
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== Filmography ==<br />
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=== Film ===<br />
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* ''[[Brothers in Trouble]]'' (1995)<br />
* ''[[My Son the Fanatic (film)|My Son the Fanatic]]'' (1997)<br />
* ''[[Gabriel & Me]]'' (2001)<br />
* ''[[Opa!]]'' (2005)<br />
* ''[[The Yellow Handkerchief (2008 film)|The Yellow Handkerchief]]'' (2008)<br />
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=== Television ===<br />
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* ''A Corner of a Foreign Field'' (1986, Channel 4)<br />
* ''Indian or British or Both?'' (1986, ITV)<br />
* ''Here Is The News'' (1989, BBC)<br />
* ''[[102 Boulevard Haussmann]]'' (1990, BBC)<br />
* ''They Never Slept'' (1991, BBC)<br />
* ''Running Late'' (1992, BBC)<br />
* ''Femme Fatale'' (1993, BBC)<br />
* ''[[Talking Heads (series)|Talking Heads]]'' (1998, BBC): ''Playing Sandwiches'' <br />
* ''[[Silent Witness]]'' (2010, BBC): ''Intent''<br />
* ''[[The Tunnel (TV series)|The Tunnel]]'' (2013, Sky/Canal+) (two episodes)<br />
* ''[[Selection Day (TV series)|Selection Day]]'' (2018, Netflix)<br />
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== Awards ==<br />
* 1991: [[San Francisco International Film Festival]] Award in the category ''Golden Gate Award'' for ''Screen Two'' for the episode ''102 Boulevard Haussmann'' <br />
* 1992: [[BAFTA Award]] - nomination in the category ''Best Single Drama'' for ''Screen Two'' for the Episode ''102 Boulevard Haussmann''<br />
* 1993: San Francisco International Film Festival Award - nomination in the category ''Television Feature'' for ''Screen One'' for the episode ''Running Late'' <br />
* 1995: Third place in the Emden International Film Festival in the category ''Emden Film Award'' for ''Brothers in Trouble''<br />
* 1995: Thessaloniki Film Festival Award in the category ''Golden Alexander'' for ''Brothers in Trouble''<br />
* 1997: Brussels International Film Festival Award - Nomination in the category ''Best European Feature'' for ''My Son the Fanatic''<br />
* 1997: Dinard British Film Festival Award - Nomination in the category ''Golden Hitchcock'' for ''My Son the Fanatic'' <br />
* 1999: [[BAFTA Awards]] - Nomination in the category ''Best Single Drama'' for ''Talking Heads 2'' for the episode ''Playing Sandwiches''<br />
* 2000: [[Independent Spirit Awards]] - Nomination in the category ''Best Foreign Film'' for ''My Son the Fanatic''<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
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* {{IMDb name|id=0006841}}<br />
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