image by jim cummings (2020)
Pranav Bhasin is a director & writer based in Mumbai.
At age 18, he transitioned from being a youtuber and developed a web show
called ‘The Insiders’, a coming-of-age comedy that is streaming on Zee5.
His short films, ‘Wolf of Chawl Street’ (2017) and ‘New Year’s Eve’ (2018)
have been awarded the Best Film at MAMI (Mumbai Film Festival) on two
consecutive years. The films featured on MUBI and Short of the Week. His
most recent short, ‘Taylor’s Version’ (2023) is a Vimeo Staff Pick.
In early 2020, he was a fellow at Vanishing Angle’s Short-to-feature Lab (hosted by Jim Cummings) in California. During the lockdown, Pranav wrote & directed a comedy mini-series called 'Cabin Fever', produced by Jugaad Motion Pictures.
Pranav was also a fellow at the Academy of Zurich Film Festival in 2022, and his Music Video 'Screaming on the fly' represented India in the official competition at South By SouthWest, 2023, in Austin, USA.
He is presently developing his first feature film.