Udayan Prasad

Udayan Prasad (born February 4, 1953 in Sevagram , India ) is a British film director born in India . He became known through the movies Brothers in Trouble , My Son the Fanatic , Gabriel & Me and The Yellow Sail .

life and career

Udayan Prasad was born in Sevagram, India in 1953. In 1962 his parents emigrated to Great Britain. After studying at the National Film and Television School, Prasad switched to British television. In 1979 he worked as a film editor for Stephen Frear's television film One Fine Day . In the 1980s he directed a number of documentaries and in the early 1990s he also directed several television films for the BBC , including the 1990 comedy Agents don't know sleep with Edward Fox .

In 1995, Udayan Prasad made his film debut with the critical comedy Brothers in Trouble . Two years later, My Son the Fanatic was followed by another ambitious independent film about the generational conflict within a family with Om Puri and Rachel Griffiths in the lead roles. My Son the Fanatic received a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award in 2000 for Best Foreign Film . Both films received very favorable reviews from the critics. In 2001 he directed the drama Gabriel & Me with Iain Glen . In 2005 he directed the comedy Grandpa! With Matthew Modine , Richard Griffiths and Agni Scott .

In 2008, based on a story by Pete Hamill and the screenplay by Erin Dignam, the romantic drama The Yellow Sail was created with the cast William Hurt , Maria Bello , Kristen Stewart and Eddie Redmayne . In addition to his work for British cinema, Prasad also repeatedly directs episodes and episodes for television series or television miniseries.

Awards

1991: San Francisco International Film Festival Award in the Golden Gate Award category for Screen Two for episode 102 Boulevard Haussmann
1992: BAFTA Awards nomination for Best Single Drama for Screen Two for episode 102 Boulevard Haussmann
1993: San Francisco International Film Festival Award nomination in the Television Feature category for Screen One for the episode Running Late
1995: 3rd place at the Emden International Film Festival in the category Emden Film Award for Brothers in Trouble
1995: Thessaloniki Film Festival Award in the Golden Alexander category for Brothers in Trouble
1997: Brussels International Film Festival Award nomination in the Best European Feature category for My Son the Fanatic
1997: Dinard British Film Festival Award nomination in the Golden Hitchcock category for My Son the Fanatic
1999: BAFTA Awards nomination for Best Single Drama for Talking Heads 2 for the episode Playing Sandwiches
2000: Independent Spirit Awards nomination for Best Foreign Film for My Son the Fanatic

Filmography (selection)

As a director

movie theater

1995: Brothers in Trouble
1997: My Son the Fanatic
2001: Gabriel & Me
2005: Grandpa!
2008: The Yellow Handkerchief (The Yellow Handkerchief)

watch TV

1989–1993: Screen Two (TV series, 4 episodes)
1990: They Never Slept (TV Movie)
1992: The Bill (TV series, 2 episodes)
1992: Screen One - Running Late (TV series, 1 episode)
1993: Femme Fatale (TV movie)
1998: Talking Heads 2 (TV miniseries, 1 episode)
1999: Big Bad World (TV series, 2 episodes)
2010: Forensic specialist Dr. Leo Dalton (TV series, 2 episodes)
2013: The Tunnel (TV series, 2 episodes)
2016: The Musketeers (TV series, 2 episodes)
2018: Selection Day (TV series, 6 episodes)

As an editor

1979: One Fine Day (TV movie)

literature

Udayan Prasad in: Companion to Contemporary Black British Culture , by Alison Donnell, Routledge, 2013, p. 244

Web links

Individual evidence

personal data
SURNAME	Prasad, Udayan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	British film director
DATE OF BIRTH	4th February 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH	Sevagram , India

[1] Biography of Udayan Prasad in: Screenonline

[2] Biographical data from Udayan Prasad in: Contemporary British and Irish Directors (Wallflower Critical Guides) , by Yoram Allon, Del Cullen, Hannah Patterson, Wallflower Press, 2001, p. 273

[3] Udayan Prasad in: Representing Black Britain: Black and Asian Images on Television , by Sarita Malik, SAGE, 2002, p. 169

[4] The yellow sail in: Critic