Nirbhay Kuppu

director. writer. cinematographer._

Writer, director, and cinematographer from Hyderabad. I've spent most of my adult life learning to tell stories and a significant portion of it carrying heavy camera equipment up hills for other people.

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direction

I run Cinema Forge, a production company built around a connected universe of Indian stories across eras. Folk horror, urban mythology, historical epic, dark comedy. All the same world.

Adivaram

psychedelic jungle western

Feature — Malayalam psychedelic jungle western set deep in the Ghats. Third draft complete.

→ adivaram

Voice

pilot in production

A young boy and his mute father befriend a celestial serpent who talks them into building a sanctuary for enlightened creatures. Hunted by an evil dark deity.

KFC

commercial · directed + cinematography

Released.

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Munivar — Healing

music video · directed

Released.

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The Owl's Transformation

short film · directed

Final film at Prague Film School.

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In Out Overwrite

short film · directed

Comedy short.

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Hermano

short film · directed

Prague — comedy short.

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also in development: mercedes · backwater · agartha · kulothungan chola

cinematography

I've shot commercials, assisted cinematographers Jehangir Choudhary and Baskar Samala on features, and served as DOP on Pluto in My Momos and Sursur Bhati. (Both unreleased, obviously. I blame it on my horoscope.)

kfc

kfc

mi 10

redmi

hylife

free fire

jhalli — let me be your girl

pluto in my momos

piaggio

waqt ne kiya

le clan

felipe

writing

Finalist at the SWA Pitch Fest with Voice.

I've written four seasons for Mythik — Samudhra Manthan, Vamana Avatar, Parshuram. Stories of Dasrath in development.

Original IP I've developed for Cinema Forge:

Backwater — coming-of-age mystery · Kerala backwaters
Mercedes — urban supernatural horror · Hyderabad
Adivaram — psychedelic jungle western · the Ghats
Kulothungan Chola — historical adventure · medieval South India
Voice — fantasy microdrama series
Joe Nazareth — urban fantasy noir

training

hyderabad public school
symbiosis institute of media and communication, pune
prague film school — cinematography and direction
ucla school of theater, film & television — writing program and advanced writing program. because apparently one wasn't enough.

operations

sloka — india's first waldorf school

trustee + head of management

120 staff · k–12 · 5 acres · est. 1997

→ slokawaldorf.in

karu

director

outdoor-learning experiences for schools, led by conservationists. based on the vagamon land. keep the wild alive.

→ karu.earth

contact

I'm currently developing all of the above simultaneously, which my friends find alarming and I find completely reasonable. I'm looking for producing and funding partners to bring these scripts to screen.

If any of this sounds like your kind of trouble —

nirbhay.kuppu@gmail.com