Amit Tripuraneni

Amit Tripuraneni was born in a small town in South India. He spent the first twenty-five years of his life in India but spent majority of his time in North India, thus making him an amalgamation of two separate cultures. He finished his MBA in Marketing and IT in 2000 and spent a year in a "normal" job which drove him nuts. One fine day he quit the job and decided to pursue his passion for media. He got a lucky break and assisted renowned Hindi writer/producer Uday Prakash with his work (ranging from writing television scripts to documentaries to handling his business with various publishers to assisting Prakash on productions).

Tripuraneni came to New Zealand in 2003 to pursue a course in film and television. He found a passion for the medium which drove him to make several experimental shorts and music videos to hone his skills. In 2005, Tripuraneni made his directorial debut with MEMORIES OF TOMORROW, for which he won a "Best Director" award at the Microcinema Film Festival in Chicago. The movie screened at several film festivals across the world and has been praised by reviewers and audiences abroad. Tripuraneni completed his second feature FIVE in 2007.