Anupam Sharma

Who is Anupam Sharma?

Anupam Sharma is an Australian of Indian origin. He is a film director, actor, producer, and author. He has been nominated as an Australia Day Ambassador and named as one of the fifty most influential professionals in the Australian film industry. He is best known for producing Bollywood films filmed in Australia, which includes films such as Dil Chahta Hai, Heyy Babyy, and MTV Roadies Australia. He earned a Bachelor's Degree in Arts Communication from University of Western Sydney, and a Master's Degree in Film and Theatre, along with a thesis on Indian Cinema from University of New South Wales. Anupam was involved with a series of film and theater projects in Sydney until he met Feroz Khan in 1998. In 2000, he founded Films and Casting Temple, a production, casting and consulting company based out of Fox Studios, Sydney, which specializes in providing production services for high-profile foreign films being shot within Australian. Since then, Anupam and his team have worked in over 200 projects for Bollywood.

In 2011, Sharma and film colleague Peter Castaldi launched An Australian Film Initiative, which aims to market, promote, and distribute Australian Screen Culture in emerging and non-traditional markets.