Nagendra Karri (born November 28, 1988) is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. He made his feature film

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with the suspense thriller ''Where are you Sophia''? (2010). He followed it with the 2015 film ''Mobster''. Karri received widespread recognition in 2018 for writing social Cold War drama ''Stanley Cage'' that is being turned into a feature film to be released in 2020.

Biography

Karri graduated with Bachelors in Computer Science & Engineering from JNTU,

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. At 20, Karri moved to the United States and graduated with Masters in Computer Science & Electronics Engineering from

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, Oregon. He also has a Masters in film making and direction from

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, CA. Nagendra Karri started his career as a business analyst before moving to New York to pursue a film career. He started Eternal Mind Productions in 2007 with personal funds and the backing of venture capitalists. His first few original film scripts include ''Mobster - A Call for the New Order'', ''Where are you Sophia?, GATE 21, Chronicles of Kurukshetra, Human Aliens'', and ''The Reds''. In 2009, Nagendra Karri directed and produced ''Where are you Sophia?'', a psychological suspense thriller which premiered in the Cannes film festival. In 2012, Nagendra Karri formed the two hundred million "Al-Muhaymin" film fund. Eternal Mind Productions entered a partnership with the Al Muhaymin Film Fund to finance additional films. Karri joined Skanda Media group, and in 2016 announced plans to build a film studio in Louisiana.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Karri, Nagendra Writers from Oregon Oregon State University alumni 1982 births Living people American people of Indian descent Film producers from New York City English-language film directors American people of Telugu descent American film production company founders Film directors from New York City