Manish Rukmani Sharma

Manish is a writer-director-producer who has a clear bent towards telling deeply human stories that move him. With experience of over a decade of making films, webseries, adverts and brand films, he knows how to capture the essence of a story, even if it is just 10 seconds long. Manish loves building brand identities from scratch - be it startups or established brands looking for a new start. Manish brings his superior storytelling skills to all the work he does. Under his Creative Leadership, teams have consistently exceeded expectations, and delivered authentic and path breaking work. His work includes web series, broadcast design, branding, branded content, promos, on-air packaging, ad films, theatricals and corporate films. He has worked on over 50 ad films and his latest projects have involved brands like Skoda, Hero Motors, and EdTech brands like WhiteHat Jr and Byju's. He has also worked with Eros Movies, Balaji Telefilms and UTV on long fiction formats. Additionally, Manish has worked on films and webseries that stream on OTT platforms such as Netflix (Bombairiya), Amazon Prime (Phobia), Zee 5 (The Final Call, the web series), Voot (Skoda Sonic Roots) and has been a associated with award winning short films such as Disney Hotstar (Devi - Filmfare 2021) and Khayali Pualo(Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Awards 2021) Shunning convention, Manish has adopted his mother's middle name as he credits her as his inspiration. An ardent dog lover and animal communicator, Manish is drawn to stories and brands that have an environmental bent.