Pavan Moondi (born August 21, 1985) is a

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film and television director and screenwriter.Barry Hertz
"Why Sundowners – the kind of Cancon the industry needs – was so hard to get made"
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'', August 23, 2017.

Biography

Originally from Kitchener,

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, Moondi made a number of short films before expanding his last short film into the feature film ''

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'' (2013). He followed up in 2015 with ''

Diamond Tongues ''Diamond Tongues'' is a 2015 Canadian comedy-drama film directed by Pavan Moondi and Brian Robertson. It stars July Talk band member Leah Fay Goldstein as a Toronto-based struggling actress who descends into a downward spiral of depression, na ...

'', which was co-directed by producer Brian Robertson, and in 2017 with '' Sundowners''. His films have been noted in particular for his frequent casting of musicians with little or no prior acting experience, including

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, Dan Werb, Leah Fay Goldstein and Luke Lalonde. In television he directed the 2016

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series '' Four in the Morning'', was a story editor on the writing team for ''

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'', and wrote one episode of the television series ''

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''. His fourth feature film, ''Middle Life'', is slated to premiere in 2025.Jamie Casemore
"Pavan Moondi’s Middle Life wraps production in L.A."
'' Playback'', January 22, 20225.

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