Danish Renzu | |
|---|---|
| Born | 11 March 1986 |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Education | University of California Los Angeles |
| Occupation | Film Director |
| Years active | 2015–present |
Danish Renzu (born 11 March 1986) is an Indian film director and screenwriter. He started his career in the movie Half Widow as a director and screenwriter (2017).[1][2]
Early life and career
editHe moved from Srinagar to Los Angeles in 2005. It was only in 2017 that the electrical engineering grad-turned-filmmaker released his first feature film, Half Widow, detailing a Kashmiri-specific story about a woman searching for her husband in the valley’s painful history of disappeared peoples with the backdrop of the 1999 Kargil War. Renzu's second feature film titled The Illegal(film), starring Suraj Sharma (The Life of Pi) is now steaming on Amazon Prime. Winning a jury award at Mumbai International Film Festival 2019, the plot is explained as a realistic story of “a young film school student from middle class India who’s forced to drop out to support his family while staying in the United States.”[3]<ref>[https://www.deccanherald.com/entertainment/cinema-has-a-responsibility-to-bring-people-together-says-the-illegal-director-danish-renzu-969329.html "Director Danish Renzu is a man on a mission. Between his two feature films, Half Widow and The Illegal, and a number of short films, he has taken on the responsibility of telling the stories of people caught in unexpected circumstances and hopes that...Read more at: https://www.deccanherald.com/entertainment/cinema-has-a-responsibility-to-bring-people-together-says-the-illegal-director-danish-renzu-969329.html.<ref>
Filmography
editFilms
edit| Title | Year | Role | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Half Widow | 2017 | Film Director, Screenwriter & Producer | film | |
| The Illegal(film) | 2019 | Film Director, Screenwriter & Producer | film |