Avie Luthra is an Indian film director and screenwriter.He began his
filmmaking with a short film entitled Baby which won the Royal
Television Society Award for Best Student Film in 2002. His second
film entitled Cross My Heart was awarded special commendation by
London Film Festival TCM Shorts in 2002.His screenwriting credits
include episodes of The Canterbury Tales in 2003 and the screenplay
for the film Indian Dream. He wrote One Night in Bhopal, a documentary
for the British Broadcasting Corporation, in 2004. His short film,
Lucky, about a South African AIDS orphan, premiered at the Edinburgh
Film Festival and got a special mention at the AFI Festival in Los
Angeles. Lucky was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Short Film
in 2006.He is currently working on an adaptation of Preethi Nair's
book, A Hundred Shades of White, for the BBC.
filmmaking with a short film entitled Baby which won the Royal
Television Society Award for Best Student Film in 2002. His second
film entitled Cross My Heart was awarded special commendation by
London Film Festival TCM Shorts in 2002.His screenwriting credits
include episodes of The Canterbury Tales in 2003 and the screenplay
for the film Indian Dream. He wrote One Night in Bhopal, a documentary
for the British Broadcasting Corporation, in 2004. His short film,
Lucky, about a South African AIDS orphan, premiered at the Edinburgh
Film Festival and got a special mention at the AFI Festival in Los
Angeles. Lucky was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Short Film
in 2006.He is currently working on an adaptation of Preethi Nair's
book, A Hundred Shades of White, for the BBC.
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