Amit Gupta

Amit Gupta is director and writer for theatre, film and television. 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.

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. 

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 - Abram Nalibotsky at Gersh.  

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