Vineet Dewan

Vineet was born in Bahrain as an Indian expat and went to Westminster School in London and graduated from Yale (Phi Beta Kappa) with an award for his contribution to the arts where he studied under German filmmaker Michael Roemer. After working for the Clinton-chaired AIF in India, Vineet received his MFA from USC where he was awarded both their top Directing and Cinematography Awards and studied under Nina Foch and Jeremy Kagan. Tapped by Filmmaker Magazine as one of 25 New Faces to Watch, his short form work has won prizes at dozens of festivals from SXSW to Shanghai and from the Directors Guild of America, BAFTAs & Emmys. His short film "Clear Cut, Simple" won top awards at two dozen film festivals and was shortlisted for the Oscars. Dewan was director trainee on prime time shows including "Heroes" and "Friday Night Lights" for NBC Universal. His debut screenplay "Sand Dogs" was awarded the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences Nicholl Fellowship and garnered a spot on The Blacklist. Subsequently, Dewan wrote the feature "The Knife" for Imagine Entertainment and Universal Pictures with collaborator Kimberly Peirce ("Boys Don't Cry") attached to direct and Brian Grazer ("Beautiful Mind") producing. Dewan also wrote the movie of the iconic game "Monopoly" for Sony Pictures, Hasbro Entertainment, Emmet/Furla Films and Scott-Free. Dewan co-wrote coming-of-age movie "Be Here Now" for Voltage Pictures with Nicolas Chartier ("The Hurt Locker") producing and developed "Small Mediums at Large" for Fox alongside Claire Danes, JJ Philbin, and Thomas Kail. Dewan wrote the pilot of "Buddha" a limited series for FX based on Deepak Chopra's bestselling novel. Dewan also wrote the shooting draft of "Monkey Man" with Dev Patel. His latest project, written with longtime collaborator Kimberly Peirce is a re-invention of a classic Warner Bros title [embargoed].

Dewan resides in Los Angeles, California and is represented by United Talent Agency, Anonymous Content and law firm Gang, Tyre, Ramer.