About

I was born in Hollywood, CA, to parents with Sri Lankan, Ethiopian, Portuguese, & Indian ancestry… who passed away when I was a kid, hurling me into orphan-homelessness. I Oliver Twist-ed and turned in streets all over the world; and with no formal schooling found filmmaking as a way to process my crazy life. I was discovered by Film/TV producer & founder of Anonymous Content; Steve Golin (The Revenant/ Mr. Robot) Back in the day I was called a “baby-director”. As I was a kid in a company of grown-ups. I’ve been blessed to win A GRAMMY nod for VIDEO OF THE YEAR for LAURYN HILL and won an MTV award for MARY J BLIGE & I’ve been nominated 4 seperate times for other MTV awards; including best director and best-breakthrough video, an honor I share with visionaries DANIELS, MICHEL GONDRY & FINCHER. I’m the recpient of NAACP IMAGE MVPA, Billboard, BET & EMMY award nominations.

My advertising works are also awarded. And some of my music video high-concepts were bought and used in the world of adversting to make commecials for FORD, RENUALT, VOFAPHONE, SONY, JEEP & MOUNTAIN DEW.

I’ve been honored to create w/ OSCAR winning talents such as 2 time Oscar winning actor, Adrien Brody; and OSCAR winning Cinematographer, Claudio Miranda (LIFE OF PI, TOP GUN MAVERICK) OSCAR nominee Jeff Cronenweth (FIGHT CLUB, A SOCIAL NETWORK, TRON) and OSCAR nominess Darius Khondji (BARDO,MICKEY 17).

My work also has BILLIONS of YouTube views.

Yet I’ve remained completely off social-media.

When the time and purpose align for a greater-good in my life and I’m blessed to help empower and inspire and impact others in positive ways, that’s when I’ll use socials.

Untill then, hoping everyone stays safe and sound.

Kind regards,

Sanjeeva