Aneesh Chaganty

Aneesh Chaganty

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  • Birthplace: Hyderabad, India
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  • Profession: Director, screenwriter
  • Nationality: America
  • Graduate School: University of Southern California
  • Representative Works: Searching
  • Aneesh Chaganty (Aneesh Chaganty) , born in Hyderabad, India in 1991, is an Indian-American director and screenwriter, and graduated from the University of Southern California [1]  .
    In 2014, Aneesh Chaganty directed the short film "Seeds", thus starting his career as a director [2]  . In 2018, she directed her debut feature film " Searching ", which won multiple awards including the Sundance Film Festival "Next Generation Audience Award" and "Alfred Sloan Feature Film Award" [2]  . In 2020, directed the feature film "Escape", which will be released in North America on May 8 [3]  .

    Performing Experience

    In 2014, Aneesh Chaganty directed the short film "Seeds", which officially started his career as a director; the film was shot using Google Glasses and received more than 1 million subscriptions within 24 hours of being shown on YouTube. He also became an Internet celebrity overnight, and joined the Google Innovation Research Room with the film   .
    In 2018, directed the first feature film " Searching ". The film uses a computer desktop as a carrier. It tells the story of a 16-year-old girl who went missing by her father by cracking the password of her daughter's social networking site. The film was also released one after another. He was shortlisted for many film festivals such as the Asian American International Film Festival   , and won many awards including the Sundance Film Festival "Next Generation Audience Award" and "Alfred Sloan   Feature Film Award" , and Los Angeles Asia Pacific Film Festival Audience Award   .
    In 2020, directed the feature film "Escape", starring Sarah Paulson, telling the story between a mother and daughter in a house   .

    Character Evaluation

    Aneesh Chaganty's film ambitions are fully presented in his debut feature film "Searching". The film is full of artistic beauty close to reality, tells classic thriller stories in a new way, and successfully combines front-end technology and plot content. It feels novel and nostalgic, without any sense of contradiction, and impressive   .
    Aneesh Chaganty is deeply influenced by "Bollywood" and "Hollywood", and his debut novel "Searching" is amazing   . Through careful design and creative narrative, Aneesh Chaganty tells a very clever disappearance mystery in "Searching". The plot created by Chaganti surpasses the technology of the film itself, giving a clever and brand-new interpretation of the old-fashioned story theme   . The family affection in the Internet age reflected in the film is thought-provoking   .
    Extended Reading

    Searching quotes

    • David Kim: I didn't know her. I didn't know my daughter.