RAJENDRA THAKURATHI
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​A) HONORS
The Door -  Top 20 at Film Empire Diversity Mentorship for Screenwriters 2020
Featured on the prestigious Clio Awards website
The Door -  second round at Sundance Screenwriting Labs 2021
My Claire  subject of a gerontology paper published by Oxford University. Author Rick J Scheidt, PhD. 
Finalist - Ryan Murphy Television Director's Mentorship Program 2020
Finalist - Paramount Viacom ViewFinder Director's Program 2019
Pre-Selection - Hubert Bals Fund Bright Future Script Development Fund  2019
The Airplane - Coverfly Red List - One of the top fantasy short scripts of the year
Semifinalist - Screencraft Film Fund Fall 2018

Fellow - Armed With a Camera Fellowship 2017/2018
The Blind Ride -  second round at Sundance Screenwriting Labs 2017/2018
Finalist - Project Greenlight Filmmaking Competition 2016
Filmmakers to Watch - Cinephilia & Beyond, 2015
The Order of Areté, USC - 2016
Frank Sinatra Film Fellow, USC – 2015/2016
Jack Oakey Award for Comedy, USC – 2014/2015
Dana & Albert Broccoli Foundation Award, USC – 2013/2014

B) FILM FESTIVAL AWARDS
100 Days of Smoke Free – C
omcast's Xfinity-on-Demand 2019; Featured on Viddsee
The Cartoonist  – Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival 2018; Comcast's Xfinity-on-Demand 2019
Psycho PSA – Featured on Best Ads on TV, Ads of the World, Shots Magazine, Coloribus and Culture Pub. 
My Claire – Amazon's All Voices Film Festival 2019; Drama International Short Film Festival 2016; Short Film Corner at Cannes Film Festival 2016; Masters Award in Student Film, Julien Dubuque International Film Festival 2016; Berkeley Video & Film Festival 2016; Toronto Nepali Film Festival 2017, Nepal-America International Film Festival 2017
Being Kicked – Tripoli Film Festival 2016; Durban International Film Festival 2016; Long Take Florence Film Festival 2016

Mother – Featured on Viddsee
The Dishwasher – Toronto Nepali Film Festival 2016; Trojan Film Festival 2016; MoFilm LA Movie Jam 2016

C) UPCOMING PROJECTS
​-----------------AS DIRECTOR----------------------
-- SIX FEET - 2020, Psychological horror - in development (Prowler Films)
-- CAMERA SHY - 2020, Comedy - in development
​-- THE DOOR - 2021. Fantasy, Comedy Feature - In development. 
-- THE AIRPLANE  - 2020. Fantasy, Comedy - In development. 
-- THE DEVIL INSIDE ME - 2019. Dark Comedy Mockumentary - In development.
​-----------------AS WRITER-------------------------
-- SIX FEET - 2020, Psychological horror - in development (Prowler Films)
-- CAMERA SHY - 2020, Comedy - in development
-- SANGAM (aka LOST & FOUND) - 2020 (Prod. Company - Dancing Atom Films). Drama Feature - In development. 
-- THE DOOR - 2021. Fantasy, Comedy Feature - In development. 
--​ HELIUM - 2020 (L'ouest Studios). Animation Fantasy Short - In post-production. 
-- YOU ARE NEVER HERE  - 2019 (Dir. Vishnu Perumal). Comedy Short. Production completed in Los Angeles. 
-- HAPPY ENDING  - 2019 (Dir. Christina Jun). Fantasy Comedy Short. Production completed in Shanghai, China. 
-- THE SALESMEN - 2020  (Prod. Company - Wyldside Media). Drama Feature. In development. 

D) RECENT NEWS
--​ June 2020 - My Claire  subject of a gerontology paper published by Oxford University. Author Rick J Scheidt, PhD. 
--​ June 2020 - Love Is in the Air  - semifinalist at Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia 2020 Musical Short Film Pitch Competition.
-- January 2020 - The Story of Death and Love  music video featured on VideoStatic
--​ June 2019 - My Claire on Amazon's All Voices Film Festival 2019. Available on Amazon Prime. 
--​  May  2019 - The Dishwasher on Viddsee.com, where you can see the best curated Asian short films.  Link here. 
--​  February 2019 - The Airplane screenplay rated one of this year's top on Red List on Coverfly. 
-- January 2019 - Semifinalist in Screencraft Film Fund.
-- January 2019 - A video I directed at BuzzFeed featured on msn.com. Link here. 
-- October 2018 - Featured on University of Southern California's Daily Trojan.
-- July 2018 - Featured on  Shots Magazine. 
-- July 2018 - Featured on VoyageLA. 
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-- June 2018 - Featured on MeriNews.
-- June 2018 - Featured on Medium.
-- April 2018 - Featured on UCI Fandoms, the University of California - Irvine newspaper. 
-- April 2018 - Gave talk on Creativity at University of California - Los Angeles & University of California - Irvine. 

-- February 2018 - Directed The Cartoonist at Armed With a Camera Fellowship for emerging Asian American Media Artists. 
-- November 2016 - Directed a music video concept for Project Greenlight's music video competition for Plain White T's. 
-- January 2016 - Featured on Frontline Views.
-- December 2015 - Featured on The Crazy Mind. 
-- September 2015 - Featured on Cinephilia & Beyond. ​
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