Ashvin Kumar

Ashvin Kumar
Ashvin Kumar filming Dazed in Doon at The Doon School (2010)
Born
Ashvin Kumar

MotherRitu Kumar
Websiteashvinkumar.com

Ashvin Kumar is an Indian filmmaker. He wrote, directed and produced India's only Oscar-nominated short film, Little Terrorist (2004), with his debut film Road to Ladakh being released in the same year. He also made the feature-length documentary films Inshallah, Kashmir (2012) and Inshallah Football (2010); feature-length thriller The Forest (2012); and coming-of-age tale Dazed in Doon (2010).

In 2005, Kumar became the youngest Indian writer/director to earn an Academy Award Oscar nomination. He is also the first Indian to be nominated at the European Film Academy with his film Little Terrorist.