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'''Ashim Ahluwalia''' (born 1972 in [[Mumbai, India]]) is a film director and screenwriter. He made his directorial debut with the feature-length documentary ''John & Jane'' (2005), which had a world premiere at the [[Toronto International Film Festival]] and a European premiere at the [[Berlin International Film Festival]], and won him the [[53rd National Film Awards|2005]] [[National Film Award for Best First Non-Feature Film of a Director]].<ref name="53rdawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/53rd_nff_2006.pdf|title=53rd National Film Awards|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]|accessdate=}}</ref> This was followed by his first narrative feature film ''[[Miss Lovely]]'', premiered at the [[2012 Cannes Film Festival]].<ref name="Official Selection">{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/article/58878.html |title=2012 Official Selection |accessdate=21 April 2012 |work=Cannes}}</ref><ref name="timesofindia">{{cite news |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-04-20/news-interviews/31373565_1_indian-film-competition-section-moonrise-kingdom |work=[[The Times of India]] |title=Indian movie ''Miss Lovely'' at Cannes film fest |accessdate=21 April 2012 }} {{Dead link|date=September 2013|bot=RjwilmsiBot}}</ref> which won him India's [[National Film Award – Special Jury Award (Feature Film)|National Film Award – Special Jury Award (Feature film)]], and [[National Film Award for Best Production Design|Best Production Design]] at the [[61st National Film Awards]].<ref>{{cite web|title=61st National Film Awards Announced: Live Update|url=http://zeenews.india.com/entertainment/and-more/61st-national-film-awards-announced-live-update_153657.html|publisher=[[Zee News]]|accessdate=16 April 2014}}</ref>

Working outside the mainstream [[Bollywood]] film system,<ref>[http://thelondonfilter.blogspot.com/search?q=john+and+jane The Filter]</ref> Ashim Ahluwalia is part of a new generation of Indian directors.<ref>[http://www.dnaindia.com/report09.php?NewsID=1010653&CatID=7 DNA – 'I don't need SRK to make a Hindi movie]</ref>
His unconventional films blur the lines between documentary and fiction. His short films have shown at the [[Tate Modern]],<ref>[http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20120203094030/http:/www.tate.org.uk/modern/eventseducation/film/9239.htm Tate Modern Film]</ref> the [[Centre Pompidou]] and at the Venice Architecture Biennale.<ref>[http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1050602 DNA – Salon – 'Mumbai uses space cunningly' – Daily News & Analysis]</ref>

==Early life==
Ashim Ahluwalia grew up in [[Mumbai|Bombay]], India. He attended the city's [[Cathedral and John Connon School]] before attending [[Bard College]] in upstate New York, from which he graduated with a BA in filmmaking in 1995.

==Career==
Ahluwalia began his film career with a series of experimental films made between 1993–2002.
His first short, ''The Dust'' (1993), was made by reworking [[home movies]] shot by his grandfather in the 1950s.<ref>12 October 2005 [http://www.lesvoutes.org/Archives/oct05.htm "Scratch Projection 'Experimenta India'"]. ''Les Voutes''.</ref>

He formed an independent production company, Future East, in 2005, providing an infrastructure for him to work outside mainstream film channels.

Ahluwalia was selected by the [[San Francisco Film Society]] as their Artist in Residence for 2013.<ref>San Francisco Film Society [http://sffs.org/Education/Artist-in-Residence/Past-Artists-in-Residence/Spring-2013-Ashim-Ahluwalia.aspx Artists-in-Residence Spring-2013-Ashim-Ahluwalia] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214075816/http://sffs.org/Education/Artist-in-Residence/Past-Artists-in-Residence/Spring-2013-Ashim-Ahluwalia.aspx |date=14 December 2013 }}</ref>

In May 2013, he received the Charles Flint Kellogg Award in Arts and Letters from [[Bard College]], his alma mater.<ref>Bard College [http://www.bard.edu/news/releases/pr/fstory.php?id=2415 Alma Mater]</ref> The award is "given in recognition of a significant contribution to artistic or literary heritage."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bard.edu/catalogue/index.php?aid=11104&sid=669293|title=Bard College|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=Bard College|accessdate=4 May 2012}}</ref>

In November 2013, he was selected to be on the Jury of the 8th edition of the [[Rome Film Festival]] for the CinemaXXI section.<ref>Rome-Film-Festival [http://www.romacinemafest.it/ecm/web/fcr/en/home/rome-film-festival-viii-edition/juries/ashim-ahluwalia CinemaXXI 2013] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131121103407/http://www.romacinemafest.it/ecm/web/fcr/en/home/rome-film-festival-viii-edition/juries/ashim-ahluwalia |date=21 November 2013 }}</ref>

In 2010, Ahluwalia was named among "one of the ten best emerging film directors working today" by [[Phaidon Press]] in "Take 100: The Future of Film."<ref>Phaidon [http://uk.phaidon.com/agenda/art/picture-galleries/2010/august/19/cameron-bailey-and-piers-handling-select-10-best-new-filmmakers/ 10 best new filmmakers]</ref>

== Filmography ==

=== Films ===

* ''[[John & Jane]]'' (2006)
* ''[[Miss Lovely]]'' (2012)
* ''[[Events in A Cloud Chamber]]'' (2016)
* ''[[Daddy (2017 film)|Daddy]]'' (2017)
* ''[[Palace of Horrors]]'' (2018)

== Awards ==
* [[Indian National Film Award]] (2007) for Best Non-Fiction Film, John & Jane

==Notes==
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==References==
*Koehler, Robert. (13 October 2005), [https://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=features2006&content=jump&jump=review&head=berlin&nav=RBerlin&articleid=VE1117928553&cs=1&p=0 "John & Jane"]. ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]''
*Stone, Susan (9 March 2006), [http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,403861,00.html "Indian by Day, American by Night"]. ''[[Der Spiegel]]''.
*Pasolini, Antonio. [http://www.kamera.co.uk/article.php/644 "Dispatch: The Osnabrück Media Art Festival, Germany, 10–14 May 2006"]. kamera.co.uk. Retrieved 15 November 2011

== External links ==
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*{{IMDb name|1201747|Ashim Ahluwalia}}
* [http://www.hbo.com/docs/programs/johnandjanetollfree/index.html John & Jane: HBO Website ]
* John & Jane: Official Website [http://www.john-and-jane.com John & Jane: Official Website]

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