A) HONORS
Fellow - Armed With a Camera Fellowship 2017/2018. (Visual Communications is supported by LA County Arts Commission and Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences)
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
Mary Pickford Film Fellow, USC – 2015/2016
Institute of International Education Grant - Fall 2015
Jack Oakey Award for Comedy, USC – 2014/2015
Jean & Ruth Negulesco Award, USC – 2014
Samuel & Lorenza Gary Memorial Award, USC – 2013/2014
Dana & Albert Broccoli Foundation Award, USC – 2013/2014
B) FILM FESTIVAL AWARDS
Psycho PSA – Featured on Best Ads on TV, Ads of the World, Shots Magazine, Coloribus and Culture Pub.
The Cartoonist – Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival 2018
My Claire – 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
The Dishwasher – Toronto Nepali Film Festival 2016; Trojan Film Festival 2016; MoFilm LA Movie Jam 2016
Aafreen – Best Collegiate Short Film, Iowa Motion Picture Association 2013
C) RECENT NEWS
-- February 2019 - The Airplane screenplay rated one of this year's top on Red List on Coverfly.
-- January 2019 - Semifinalist in Screencraft Film Fund.
-- July 2018 - Featured on Shots Magazine.
-- July 2018 - Featured on VoyageLA.
-- 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.
-- March 2018 - Directed Are You A Psycho? commercial. The PSA commercial is supported by a grant from USC Green Engagement Fund.
-- February 2018 - Directed The Cartoonist at Armed With a Camera Fellowship for emerging Asian American Media Artists. Premieres in May at Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival.
-- November 2017 - Finished directing 100 Days of Smoke Free, a drama short film. The film stars Mahedi Rakib (Graceland), Pia Shah (Grey's Anatomy).
-- November 2016 - Directed a music video concept for Project Greenlight's music video competition for Plain White T's.
-- May 2016 - Wrote and directed LA Rain, a drama short film. Currently in post-production. The film stars Briana Evigan (Step Up 2) and Vibish Shivakumar (Life of Pi).
-- June 2016 - Directed Sharp, a trailer for a feature film.
-- January 2016 - Featured on Frontline Views.
-- December 2015 - Featured on The Crazy Mind.
-- December 2015 – Finished directing My Claire, a USC 546 production.
-- September 2015 - Featured on Cinephilia & Beyond.
Fellow - Armed With a Camera Fellowship 2017/2018. (Visual Communications is supported by LA County Arts Commission and Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences)
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
Mary Pickford Film Fellow, USC – 2015/2016
Institute of International Education Grant - Fall 2015
Jack Oakey Award for Comedy, USC – 2014/2015
Jean & Ruth Negulesco Award, USC – 2014
Samuel & Lorenza Gary Memorial Award, USC – 2013/2014
Dana & Albert Broccoli Foundation Award, USC – 2013/2014
B) FILM FESTIVAL AWARDS
Psycho PSA – Featured on Best Ads on TV, Ads of the World, Shots Magazine, Coloribus and Culture Pub.
The Cartoonist – Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival 2018
My Claire – 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
The Dishwasher – Toronto Nepali Film Festival 2016; Trojan Film Festival 2016; MoFilm LA Movie Jam 2016
Aafreen – Best Collegiate Short Film, Iowa Motion Picture Association 2013
C) RECENT NEWS
-- February 2019 - The Airplane screenplay rated one of this year's top on Red List on Coverfly.
-- January 2019 - Semifinalist in Screencraft Film Fund.
-- July 2018 - Featured on Shots Magazine.
-- July 2018 - Featured on VoyageLA.
-- 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.
-- March 2018 - Directed Are You A Psycho? commercial. The PSA commercial is supported by a grant from USC Green Engagement Fund.
-- February 2018 - Directed The Cartoonist at Armed With a Camera Fellowship for emerging Asian American Media Artists. Premieres in May at Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival.
-- November 2017 - Finished directing 100 Days of Smoke Free, a drama short film. The film stars Mahedi Rakib (Graceland), Pia Shah (Grey's Anatomy).
-- November 2016 - Directed a music video concept for Project Greenlight's music video competition for Plain White T's.
-- May 2016 - Wrote and directed LA Rain, a drama short film. Currently in post-production. The film stars Briana Evigan (Step Up 2) and Vibish Shivakumar (Life of Pi).
-- June 2016 - Directed Sharp, a trailer for a feature film.
-- January 2016 - Featured on Frontline Views.
-- December 2015 - Featured on The Crazy Mind.
-- December 2015 – Finished directing My Claire, a USC 546 production.
-- September 2015 - Featured on Cinephilia & Beyond.
