Kalyan Sura

Director, Screenwriter, 3d Animator, Producer, Visual Effects Supervisor and Visual Effects Artist

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About Kalyan

A Writer, Director, Producer, and Visual Effects (VFX) Supervisor, Kalyan Sura is a virtuoso storyteller who creates live-action and animation content featuring South Asians and other minorities.

After a decade at the highest levels of the VFX industry as a Technical Director, Previs/Postvis Artist, CG Generalist, and VFX Supervisor on independent films and blockbusters like ‘HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2’ and ‘POKÉMON: DETECTIVE PIKACHU,’ Kalyan successfully transitioned into Writing & Directing personal stories across science-fiction, fantasy, dramedy, and animation.

Kalyan’s scripts have placed highly in industry-recognized competitions, and his films have been screened across the globe to acclaim from critics and audiences. Kalyan’s short film ‘THE LIE GAME’ achieved the rare distinction as the first sci-fi short featuring an all-South-Asian cast to be distributed by DUST, Youtube’s largest sci-fi channel. His sci-fi feature script ‘MEMORY LANES’ placed in the top 0.1% of a Netflix-supported contest, and his action-adventure animation pilot ‘JACKIE & JILAL’ won the ISA TV Pilot Pitch Contest. Kalyan’s Netflix-backed coming-of-age immigrant short ‘DOS BROS FORCE’ has screened at 20 international film festivals, bagging 9 awards, and is continuing a strong festival run.

Kalyan is an alumnus of the renowned USC School of Cinematic Arts and a member of the prestigious Visual Effects Society and the Screenwriters Association of India. Currently, Kalyan is focused on combining cutting-edge techniques from Hollywood with cultural stories from India to create emotional stories and inspiring role models from South Asian and other underrepresented communities for a global audience.

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Male

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The Extraordinary Inner Lives of Engineer Atul Kulkarni
Film Writer A sci-fi feature currently in development. The project was a finalist in the 1497 Writers Lab 2023 and was highlighted on Deadline Hollywood.
Dos Bros Force
Film (short) Writer, Director, Producer, VFX Supervisor A short film that I wrote and directed after winning a Netflix-backed production grant. The film has been screened in 30 festivals around the globe and has won 13 awards! Will looking for Distribution soon to get it out to more viewers!
The Lie Game
Film (short) by Self, USC Writer, Director, VFX Supervisor An award-winning science fiction drama about a desperate computer scientist who creates an AI tool to help fight depression. 'THE LIE GAME' became the first sci-fi short with an all-South-Asian cast to be distributed by DUST, Youtube's largest scifi channel

Awards

Finalist at '1497 Writers Lab'
(2023)
Winner of ISA TV PILOT PITCH CONTEST
(2023)
Quarterfinalist Screencraft Animation Contest
(2022)
Quarterfinalist Final Draft Big Break Contest
(2022)
Finalist at 'Female Thriller Contest by Netflix x Impact Entertainment'
(2021)
Winner of Tasveer Film Fund backed by Netflix
(2021)
Winner of TCL Short Screenplay Award
(2021)
Finalist at '1497 Writers Lab'
(2020)

Education

University of Southern California
(2015-2018)