Parthiban Shanmugam is a writer and director experienced in theater, video and film projects. He has performed and won several awards worldwide at festivals and theaters. He trained as a defense and Strategic analyst, lawyer,

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advocate,

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and story teller. He has focused his career on the emerging

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n culture in the USA. Shanmugam has been exposed to variety of creative influences from modern western art, eastern philosophy to literature, Hollywood and

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Production, direction and cinematography

* ''That 47 days'' (2010) as producer, director and writer * ''War Within Us'' (2009) as producer, director, writer and cinematographer * ''The Ballad of Robert & Haevey aka We Are Not Far Away'' (2009) as producer, director, writer and cinematographer * ''Osama, Obama, and Parthiban'' (2009) as producer, director, writer and cinematographer * Even the cactus goes to Heaven (2008) as producer, director, writer and cinematographer * ''You're Rejected'' (2008) as producer, director, writer and cinematographer * ''A Pizza Story'' (2007) as producer, director, writer * ''Black Men Can Swim'' (2007) as producer, writer (screenplay and story) * ''Black Men Can't Swim'' (2007) as director * ''Downtime'' (2007) (V) as producer and first assistant director * ''The Celestial Brides'' (2006) as producer, director and writer * ''Mathamma'' (2006) as producer, director and writer

Acting

He acted in: * ''That 47 days'' (2010) * ''Osama, Obama, and Parthiban'' (2009) * ''

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'' (2005) * ''The Ballad of Robert & Haevey aka We Are Not Far Away'' (2009)

References

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