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Arun Vaidyanathan
The Director
www.arunhere.com |
Arun is a passionate film-maker, who has phenomenal talent and a drive to excel.
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Ventured into film making with his short films after completing a filmmaking course in NYFA.
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His early short film "As you wish" won accolades at the Lower East-Side film festival in New York.
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One of his highly acclaimed and popular films, "Br(a)illiant" won the 'Exile Award' in London Vimbam Film Festival.
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Was selected as Mania TV's 'Featured Film Maker' twice and his short film "Stinking cigar" was selected as the 'Featured Film' and went on air for an entire week.
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His "Power cut" was featured and reviewed by the Internet Video Magazine
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His Tamil short film "Thaniyoru Manidhanukku" had the honor of featuring in three film festivals including IAAC, New York where renowned Filmmakers Deepa Mehta, Mira Nair and Gurinder Chadda were part of the Advisory Committee and attended the festival.
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Some of Arun's movies are also popular at 'Trigger Street', the online short film community for independent moviemakers, co founded by Academy Award Winner Kevin Spacey.
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Some of the best short films by Arun are available for free viewing at TriggerStreet.com.
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His 2006 short "The Seance" was selected by Triggerstreet as one of the top-50 for 2006 and it played in the IFC (Independent Film Channel) IFC for a week in June-2007.
Some highlights of Arun’s profile:
- Right from middle and high-school days, Arun used to go on stage and entertain audiences.
- Worked in Popular television channels in India, hosting film-based programs and doing film celebrity interviews.
- Completed a movie making course in NYFA (New York Film Academy)
- Made eight short films till this point in time (July 2007)
- Many of his short films were shown in major reputed festivals across the globe
- IFC MediaLab winner, May 2007 – Nationwide broadcast of 'The Seance' in Independent film channel.
- Weekly Nominee in Sci-Fi Channel/Sundance Channel's Exposure contest. Both channels teamed up together to find the world's next great filmmakers.
- Official Selection in Academy Award winner Kevin Spacey's Triggerstreet 3rd online film festival.
- Finalist in Second Hayden Films.
- Selected in Chicago Horror Film Festival, Terror Film Festival, UK Horror film festival, NJ State Film Festival, 6th Annual IAAC Film Festival, Germany Bollywood and Beyond Film festival and many more reputed film festivals all across the globe.
- ManiaTV Featured Filmmaker
- More details about the director at: www.arunhere.com
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Ramzan Lakhani holds an MBA in Marketing and over ten years of experience in sales and business development. A penchant for films propelled him to founding Digimax Studio; a New Jersey based digital film Production Company in 2002. As a managing member of this company, he was responsible for the oversight of numerous video production projects including corporate commercials, infomercials, TV pilots and audio albums. He played the role of a Producer in a feature film and recently completed a short film. His desire to test on-camera talent prompted him to work as a supporting cast in films and interview renowned Bollywood celebrities.
In 2006, he spearheaded the launch of a filmmakers group in New Jersey providing a platform to pool resources, collaborate on projects and show case their talent. Since its inception, the group has developed into a whopping 100 member body comprising of members of diverse background specializing in various aspects of film making.
e-Mail: ram@digimax.us .....http://www.digimax.us |
