Varun Kumar(I)
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Producer
- Additional Crew
Founder and Creative Director of Blind Prophet Films, Varun Kumar has
been telling stories for as long as he can remember. Be it through
music, visual art, or literature, Varun has excelled in crafting
stories out of his real life experiences and observations of humanity
and the chaos that surrounds it. A graduate from University of Southern
California's School of Cinematic Arts, Varun wrote and directed the
critically acclaimed short film "Shaheed" at the film school, where it
was received with a mix of controversy and appreciation. The film,
dealing with post 9/11 racial profiling and its detrimental effect on
the American democratic fabric, was only the first in Varun's depiction
of minority groups in the U.S. His most recent project, a documentary
on South Asian American youth and their cultural exploration of bhangra
dance, questions the most fundamental assumptions on what it means to
be American. Aside from developing
future documentary and dramatic projects, Varun also works as freelance
editor and camera operator in Los Angeles, CA.