Neeraj Ghaywan

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1980-07-06 (44 years old)

Place of Birth Hyderabad, India

Neeraj Ghaywan

Biography

Neeraj Ghaywan is an Indian film director and writer who works in Hindi films. He is the winner of several accolades including a National film Award and two Filmfare Awards. Ghaywan assisted filmmaker Anurag Kashyap on Gangs of Wasseypur (2012) and Ugly (2013) before he made his directorial debut in 2015 with Masaan which received wide acclaim and won two prizes at the Cannes Film festival including the FIPRESCI prize. His acclaimed 2017 short film Juice won him the Filmfare Award for Best Short Film-Fiction. Ghaywan then co-directed the second season of Netflix's series Sacred Games with Kashyap in 2019 and Geeli Pucchi from the anthology film Ajeeb Daastaans in 2021. Ghaywan was an episodic director on the second season of Made in Heaven.

Known For

Director

2021
Ajeeb Daastaans

as Director

2019
Made in Heaven

as Director

2018
Sacred Games

as Director

2017
Juice

as Director

2015
Masaan

as Director

2013
The Epiphany

as Director

2013
Shorts

as Director

2012
Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 1

as Assistant Director

2011
Noise

as Director

Writer

2021
Ajeeb Daastaans

as Writer

2017
Juice

as Writer

2015
Masaan

as Screenplay

2015
Masaan

as Story

2013
The Epiphany

as Writer