Pan Nalin is a writer, director, and producer of fiction and non-fiction movies. He is a self-taught filmmaker who achieved worldwide critical and commercial triumph with his debut feature Samsara (Miramax/Disney).
His latest movie, Last Film Show (Chhello Show),was India's Official Entry to the 95th Oscars and won the shortlist nomination from The Academy as the Best International Film at the 95th Oscars.
Pan Nalin's new project, Satori Trilogy, has been recently optioned by Lucas Foster, and is a high-voltage action-adventure epic about an Asian superhero.
Pan Nalin has established himself as a true auteur, adapting to different genres and styles of filmmaking, and has made movies in English, French, Hindi, Gujarati, Japanese, and Tibetan.
Pan Nalin was born in a remote village near Gir Forest in Gujarat, and left his home at an early age to pursue filmmaking. He studied Fine Arts at the M.S. University of Baroda, where he adopted his artist's pseudonym "Pan Nalin."
Nalin worked as a videographer on Indian weddings to finance his passion for films and made TV commercials and corporate films in Mumbai. He combined his love for travel with moviemaking and started filming documentaries for BBC, Discovery Channel, National Geographic, Canal Plus, and other leading international TV networks.
Nalin's multiple award-winning feature documentary Ayurveda Art of Being was theatrically released worldwide with major success. He went around the globe looking for funds for his first feature Samsara, which was produced by Karl Baumgartner's company Pandora Film as a Germany-France-Italy-India coproduction.
Samsara premiered at Toronto International Film Festival and was acquired by Miramax and 40 other countries, becoming a massive commercial and critical success worldwide and winning dozens of international awards.
Pan Nalin's other notable works include Valley Of Flowers, a first-ever India-Japan-France-Germany coproduction, and his feature documentary Faith Connections, which was an Official Selection at Toronto and won the Audience Choice Award at IFFLA Los Angeles.
Nalin is currently developing English language features and series with Gotham Group in Los Angeles, and is a member of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, the European Film Academy, and the French Academy of Arts and Techniques of Cinema.
