Pavan Moondi (born August 21, 1985) is a Canadian film and television director and screenwriter.Barry Hertz
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Biography

Originally from

Kitchener Kitchener may refer to: People * Earl Kitchener, a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom ** Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener (1850–1916), British Field Marshal and 1st Earl Kitchener ** Henry Kitchener, 2nd Earl Kitchener (1846–1937) ...

, Ontario, Moondi made a number of short films before expanding his last short film into the feature film '' Everyday Is Like Sunday'' (2013). He followed up in 2015 with ''

Diamond Tongues ''Diamond Tongues'' is a 2015 Canadian comedy-drama film directed by Pavan Moondi and Brian Robertson. It stars July Talk band member Leah Fay Goldstein as a struggling actress who descends into a downward spiral of depression, narcissism and crue ...

'', which was co-directed by producer Brian Robertson, and in 2017 with '' Sundowners''. His films have been noted in particular for his frequent casting of musicians with little or no prior acting experience, including Nicholas Thorburn, Dan Werb, Leah Fay Goldstein and Luke Lalonde. In television he directed the 2016

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series '' Four in the Morning'',Victoria Ahearn, "Four in the Morning creators were surprised that the CBC-TV picked up the edgy series". ''

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'', August 29, 2016. was a story editor on the writing team for '' Schitt's Creek'', and wrote one episode of the television series '' Find Me in Paris''.

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* 1985 births 21st-century Canadian screenwriters 21st-century Canadian male writers Canadian male screenwriters Canadian male television writers Canadian people of Indian descent Canadian writers of Asian descent Asian-Canadian filmmakers Film directors from Ontario Writers from Kitchener, Ontario Living people {{Canada-film-director-stub