Prasoon Pandey (born 1961), is an Indian

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of advertising films.

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listed him among the Top 100 advertising film directors of the world. Gunn Report ranked him at No. 24 in a list of the best and most awarded ad film directors in 2001. His ''One Black Coffee'' ad for

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was the first Indian commercial to win at

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. Having finished his studies at

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, he worked as agency creative director at advertising agency

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before turning spot director after a client had asked him to direct a particular film himself. Prasoon Pandey is currently the director of his own production house venture, Corcoise Films, in

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. His brother Piyush Pandey is an equally famous Indian advertising personality and sister

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a famous singer.

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