Sandeep Modi

Sandeep Modi (born October 28, 1982) is an Indian filmmaker known for writing and directing Aarya (TV series), a thriller released on Disney+ Hotstar starring Sushmita Sen. The series was India's submission to the 2021 International Emmy Awards. Modi is also known for being the showrunner and director of The Night Manager (Indian TV series)    , starring Aditya Roy Kapur, Anil Kapoor and Sobhita Dhulipala; produced by Ink Factory and Banijay, and is currently streaming on Disney+ Hotstar. Other than TV series, Modi has also written and directed ''Chumbak, which had a world premiere on October 13, 2017, at MAMI 19th Mumbai Film Festival.

Modi is also an alumnus of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII). Before that, he studied as an engineer.

Life
Sandeep started his career as an assistant director on films such as Sarkar Raj (2008), Delhi 6 (2009), What's Your Raashee? (2009), Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey (2010), and Joker (2012). He has also assisted Ram Madhvani in Neerja, which portrays the true story of Neerja, a flight attendant who risked her life to save the passengers from terrorists. Sandeep made the short film Vanvaas, which stars Piyush Mishra and was officially screened at 2015 Toronto International Film Festival and the DFW South Asian Film Festival in 2016. Sandeep has also a degree in BSC(IT) from Lala Lajpatrai College-Mumbai where he was a topper.

Awards
In 2015, his short film Best Friends Forever won him the National Film Award for "Best film on Family Welfare".