Danish Renzu
CEO/Founder
DANISH RENZU is a Kashmir born film director, whose work in direction and writing has received critical acclaim, whilst his work in drama specifically has earned him official selection in various film festivals and recognition in press and media. A graduate of University of California Los Angeles, Danish was born in Kashmir, India. He came to America all by himself at a very young age to pursue his dreams. He also holds a Bachelors in Electrical Engineering degree and UCLA Writers’ Program certification in Screenwriting.
Danish Renzu grew up in the conflict driven valley of Kashmir where he lived through frequent bombings, shutdowns and abuse of human rights, he realized early in life that true solution lies in investing our energies toward personal development, education and community growth.
His first independent short film IN SEARCH OF AMERICA INSHALLAH, a story about a Pakistani woman in search of her disappeared husband, shot in Los Angeles, was received well throughout the world in various film festivals including recognition at Cannes, CAAM, Asians on Film Festival, Noor Iranian Film Festival, and various other film festivals even won various awards worldwide. His second short film FIRST LOVE which was about a South Asian woman finding her muse premiered at prestigious New York Indian Film Festival in 2015 and then was picked under Official Short Film Competition at London South Asian Film Festival. It’s also distributed digitally by SHORTS HD TV USA.
He was privileged to work on two independent feature film simultaneously in the capacity of writer, director and producer. HALF WIDOW (2017), a story of a Kashmiri woman in search of her disappeared husband set in the conflict driven valley of Kashmir which received recognition in various platforms all over the world now available on Amazon Prime Video and had a theatrical release in India on Jan 6, 2020 receiving praise and raving reviews. Hi second feature film THE ILLEGAL (2019) stars Academy winning Life of Pi star Suraj Sharma in the lead premiered at Austin Film Festival where it was nominated for Best Feature Narrative section and won Jury award at Mumbai International Film Festival in 2019 respectively, The film is currently traveling film festivals and is scheduled to release in early 2020.
Danish Renzu
CEO/Founder
DANISH RENZU is a Kashmir born film director, whose work in direction and writing has received critical acclaim, whilst his work in drama specifically has earned him official selection in various film festivals and recognition in press and media. A graduate of University of California Los Angeles, Danish was born in Kashmir, India. He came to America all by himself at a very young age to pursue his dreams. He also holds a Bachelors in Electrical Engineering degree and UCLA Writers’ Program certification in Screenwriting.
Danish Renzu grew up in the conflict driven valley of Kashmir where he lived through frequent bombings, shutdowns and abuse of human rights, he realized early in life that true solution lies in investing our energies toward personal development, education and community growth.
His first independent short film IN SEARCH OF AMERICA INSHALLAH, a story about a Pakistani woman in search of her disappeared husband, shot in Los Angeles, was received well throughout the world in various film festivals including recognition at Cannes, CAAM, Asians on Film Festival, Noor Iranian Film Festival, and various other film festivals even won various awards worldwide. His second short film FIRST LOVE which was about a South Asian woman finding her muse premiered at prestigious New York Indian Film Festival in 2015 and then was picked under Official Short Film Competition at London South Asian Film Festival. It’s also distributed digitally by SHORTS HD TV USA.
He was privileged to work on two independent feature film simultaneously in the capacity of writer, director and producer. HALF WIDOW (2017), a story of a Kashmiri woman in search of her disappeared husband set in the conflict driven valley of Kashmir which received recognition in various platforms all over the world now available on Amazon Prime Video and had a theatrical release in India on Jan 6, 2020 receiving praise and raving reviews. Hi second feature film THE ILLEGAL (2019) stars Academy winning Life of Pi star Suraj Sharma in the lead premiered at Austin Film Festival where it was nominated for Best Feature Narrative section and won Jury award at Mumbai International Film Festival in 2019 respectively, The film is currently traveling film festivals and is scheduled to release in early 2020.