Sagi Sree Hari Varma
Writer Director
Alumnus of the prestigious oscars gold program
in pursuit of awe-inspiring and heartfelt stories
DIRECTING SHOWREEL
Hari was the only Indian to be accepted into the Oscars Gold Program and graduated from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Mentor-Protegee Initiative under the mentorship of Oscar-nominated filmmaker Ted Melfi.
His works as a director include films and commercials for the FIFA Soccer World Cup, United Nations, and a fictional short film, shot at Warner Bros. Studios - Burbank.
His extensive below-the-line production experience includes working on Television and Commercial productions of filmmakers David Fincher, Ted Melfi, David Shane, Jim Jenkins, and Trent O'Donnell.
Hari is currently developing his debut feature film, a story that lives in the liminal space between Indian mythology, science fiction, and the metaphysical.
In development Project in the news: Click Here
"I want the film to start when you leave the Auditorium." - Jacques Tati
USC School of Cinematic Arts | UCLA | Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography
"drama in any form is primarily and essentially a spectacle "
- Bharatamuni (Natyasastram ) 500 BCE
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"For me, the cinema is not a slice of life, but a piece of cake."
- Alfred hitchcock.
“But those who speak to the feelings, who enter the soul’s deepest meditations, holding the mirror up to nature, revealing the profoundest mysteries of the heart by the magic power of action and utterance to the eye and ear, will be sure of an audience.”
- Frederick Douglass, Pictures and Progress - 1861
