Sagi Sree Hari Varma
Writer Director
ACHILLES' HEEL FILMS
DIRECTING SHOWREEL
"I want the film to start when you leave the Auditorium." - Jacques Tati

Hari is an alumnus of the prestigious OSCARS Gold Program.
He 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 which is a story that lives in the liminal space between Indian mythology, science fiction, and the metaphysical.
USC Cinematic Arts | UCLA | Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography
Screenwriters Association of India
"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
