Amit Gupta
Writer/Director
Film, TV & Theatre
Film, TV & Theatre
Amit Gupta is director and writer for theatre, film and television. He is currently lead director on HIS DARK MATERIALS – THE AMBER SPYGLASS (Episodes 1, 2 and Final Block).
Other TV directing work includes Sky One's top rated drama comedy, DELICIOUS, starring Dawn French, Emilia Fox, Iain Glen and Sheila Hancock, and a two part adaptation of Cecilia Ahearne's bestselling novel THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES.
RESISTANCE starred Andrea Riseborough, Tom Wlaschiha and Michael Sheen and was nominated for three BAFTAs, winning for Best Actress. It was also nominated fo the WGGB Best First Feature and the CineVision Award at Munich. JADOO, a drama comedy adapted from his own Radio 4 play was the only UK narrative feature to premiere in Official Selection at the Berlin Film Festival in 2013 and has played at over 50 international festivals. His last feature, ONE CRAZY THING, was the Opening Gala at the East End Film Festival and was released theatrically in 2018 in the UK and US.
Amit's stage plays include TOUCH (winner of the Royal Court Theatre Young Writers' Competition), OPTION which premiered at London’s Tricycle Theatre and CAMPAIGN, which was nominated for an Olivier Award and won a Liberty Human Rights Award, as part of THE GREAT GAME.
US Representation - ICM Partners.
Press for ONE CRAZY THING:
"Funny, touching and beautifully performed” **** Henry Fitzherbert, Sunday Express
"Graced with an appealing cast and a witty script, Gupta’s third feature could easily gain acceptance with art-house and multicultural audiences both in the U.S. and overseas.” Hollywood Reporter
“Watch out for… Amit Gupta’s delicious romantic comedy One Crazy Thing, which is a love letter to London in the way Woody Allen’s Manhattan was to New York and Jean Luc Godard’s Breathless to Paris” Baz Bamigboye, The Daily Mail
"Amit Gupta’s One Crazy Thing is incredibly witty and charming. And while it adheres to romantic-comedy conventions, it manages to make them seem fresh through some deft writing and some wonderful performances… One Crazy Thing is one crazy good film." Bollyspice
Press for JADOO:
'...the picture is lush, vibrant and striking. Jadoo explores British-Asian culture in a way that hasn’t been seen before - and will have audiences salivating.' ***** The Upcoming
'It leaps off the screen,... A feast for the senses with plenty of laughs along the way.' **** MovieScopeMagazine
Press for RESISTANCE:
'Loaded with tension, masterfully performed' **** Time Out
'A beautiful, elliptical war film with the haunting qualities of a ghost story. Riseborough is terrific and Gupta proves he's a talent to watch.' **** EMPIRE
Press for CAMPAIGN:
'Amit Gupta’s “Campaign” is a dizzying, impeccably acted little exercise about an absurd scheme among British Foreign Office employees to recreate a chapter in Afghan history from the early 20th century for strategic purposes.' **** New York Times
'Amit Gupta's Campaign wittily shows a modern Foreign Office politician pushing, with equal simplicity, the dream of turning Afghanistan into a secular liberal democracy.' **** The Guardian/Michael Billington
Press for OPTION:
'thoughtful, intimately focused work' **** Financial Times
Film
Production | Company | Notes |
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ONE CRAZY THING 2016 | Canary Wharf Films | Writer/Director |
JADOO 2013 | Air Productions & Tigerlily Films | Writer/Director |
2011 | Big Rich Films / Film Agency Wales | Co-Writer and Director |
In Development
Production | Company | Notes |
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BLUE MOUNTAIN | Prod. Richard Holmes | Writer/Director. Feature film. |
THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO | Neon Ink | Co-writer/creator with Lydia Adetunji |
COME TO THE EDGE | Big Rich Films | Director of feature film adaptation of novel by Joanna Kavenna. |
PERSUASION | Gate Television | Writer/Director. Feature film. |
JACK THE DAD | Hat Trick | Creator/Writer |
OPEN SEASON | GreenAcre Film | Creator/Writer |
REVERENCE | Co-creator/Writer with Lydia Adetunji | |
WIDOWERS’ HOUSES | Nick of Time Productions/Nicolas Kent | Adaptation of the George Bernard Shaw play |
BEIJING BULLET | Ed Pressman Films | Writer |
DIRTY LAW | Caryn Mandabach Productions/Channel 4 | Co-Creator/Writer |
Television
Production | Company | Notes |
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HIS DARK MATERIALS - THE AMBER SPYGLASS 2021 | Bad Wolf / HBO / BBC | Lead director. |
DELICIOUS 3 2018 | Bandit Television | Director. |
THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES 2018 | Gate Television / ZDF | Director/Writer |
SOMETHINGTOWN | BBC | Pilot commissioned by BBC. Producer: Jamie Glazebrook |
ASTANA EXPRESS | Tigerlily Films | Creator/Writer |
THE LITTLE PUNJABI PRINCESS | Channel 5 / Little Bird | Creator/Writer |
LOVELESS | IWC Media /C4 | Director |
Theatre
Production | Company | Notes |
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THE BOMB | The Tricycle Theatre | Themed Collection |
THE GREAT GAME | The Tricycle Theatre | Themes Collection |
HEROES | Leicester Haymarket Theatre | Writer/Director |
TOUCH | Royal Court Young Writers' Festival | Writer |
Short Films
Production | Company | Notes |
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LOVE STORY | Producer: Richard Holmes | Writer/Director |