Amit Gupta is a writer and director for theatre, film and television. He is currently in post production on his second feature, JADOO, a comedy about warring restaurants adapted from his own BBC Radio 4 play. His first film, RESISTANCE, which starred Andrea Riseborough and Michael Sheen was released theatrically in the UK in November 2011 to much critical acclaim. Press for RESISTANCE: 'Loaded with tension, masterfully performed' (**** Time Out) 'A beautiful, elliptical war film with the haunting qualities of a ghost story. Riseborough is terrific and Gupta proves he's a talent to watch. (**** EMPIRE) 'There is a distant echo of the eerie Peter Weir Cassic Picnic At Hanging Rock in Amit Gupta's elegant, unhurried first feature Resistance. Set in an alternative wartime Britain in which German forces have successfully crossed the Channel, it is an intriguing tale of loss, isolation and the instinct for survival that unfolds with the chilly air of a ghost story.' (Screen Daily) Amit is a former winner of the Royal Court Theatre Young Writers’ Competition and his stage plays include OPTION which premiered earlier this year at London’s Tricycle Theatre’ and CAMPAIGN, part of the Olivier Award nominated THE GREAT GAME which toured the US in 2010/11 playing at The Guthrie in Minnesota, the Berkeley Theatre, The Public in New York and The Shakespeare in Washington, where it was performed for senior Pentagon staff. The New York Times called Campaign ‘...a dizzying, impeccably acted little exercise about an absurd scheme among British Foreign Office employees to recreate a chapter in Afghan history from the early 20th century for strategic purposes.’ Amit read History at university before completing his Masters at Central School of Speech and Drama. He currently resides in Oxfordshire with his wife and daughter. | 
