:Rohit Gupta

Born into a business family in Bombay, present-day Mumbai, Gupta earned his MBA from Wingate University in North Carolina before taking a short filmmaking course at the New York Film Academy.{{cite web|title=Profile and Biography of Rohit Gupta|url=http://www.veethi.com/india-people/rohit_gupta-profile-5763-14.htm|website=Veethi - The Face of India|accessdate=27 November 2014}}{{cite news|title=Financing Your Indie Film and Developing an Audience by Frank Pasquine from New York Film Academy Official Blog|url=http://www.nyfa.edu/film-school-blog/indie-filmmaking-moving-forward/|accessdate=January 3, 2014|newspaper=New York Film Academy Official Blog|date=June 28, 2012}} The initial film assignments he was working on for classes became inspiration for later works. His first film Another Day Another Life a four-minute suspense thriller flick was chosen as an official selection at the Short Film Corner - Cannes Film Festival in 2009. The attention the film received prompted Gupta to continue building a film career.{{cite news|last1=Chandel Singh|first1=Shveata|title='Filmmaking is magic': Rohit Gupta|url=http://publictelegraph.com/filmmaking-is-a-magic-rohit-gupta/|accessdate=27 November 2014|publisher=Public Telegraph Sydney, NSW Australia|date=April 2014}} New York Film Academy offered Gupta scholarship to extend his stay in to the one-year program. He shot his first feature, the inspiring family-drama movie Life! Camera Action... with a two-member crew in three languages English, Hindi, Punjabi as part of the story.{{cite news|title=Movie business is one of the most beautiful businesses: Rohit Gupta|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Business/Small-Business/Case-Studies/Movie-business-is-one-ofthe-most-beautiful-businesses-this-universe-has-gifted-to-mankind-Rohit-Gupta/articleshow/36382923.cms|accessdate=25 June 2014|publisher=Times of India|date=June 11, 2014}} Gupta followed with a comedy feature Midnight Delight.

In 2010, Gupta was invited to speak at the Sensoria, an annual week-long film event held every year in Charlotte, North Carolina, where education connects with professionals creating cinematic magic in Hollywood.{{cite news|title=See Exec. Producer Tim Bourne of Oscar Winning Film, Blindside|url=http://www.fanpop.com/clubs/the-blind-side/answers/show/103515/see-exec-producer-tim-bourne-free-charlotte-nc-april-13th-see-here-details|newspaper=Fanpop North Carolina|date=April 13, 2010}} At Sensoria George Cochran, the event founder & a former Directors Guild of America commercial film director and Vice Chairman of the North Carolina Film Office honored and felicitated Gupta as an industry leader and mentor for the students of the Central Piedmont Community College Arts and filmmaking department.{{cite news|title=Central Piedmont Community College wants to be in pictures by Charlotte Business Journal|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/print-edition/2011/04/08/cpcc-wants-to-be-in-pictures.html?page=all|accessdate=April 8, 2011|newspaper=Charlotte Business Journal|date=April 8, 2011}} Gupta was again invited to speak at Sensoria in 2012 to share, as quoted by Sarah Perry, "how he made a five-minute film for $100 called Another Day Another Life that a little festival called Cannes chose as an official selection; and how his other film Life! Camera Action... has toured the world and won top awards at renowned festivals".{{cite news|title=Building Film-Ourstate|url=http://www.ourstate.com/george-cochran/|accessdate=12 May 2012|newspaper=Ourstate NC|date=15 May 2012}}{{cite web|title=6TH Annual FILM PEOPLE|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/calendar/273941|publisher=Charlotte Business Journal}}

In 2011, Gupta was invited as a special guest speaker at the launch of the New York Film Academy's first open house session in India. The event was held at the Four Seasons Hotel, Mumbai.{{cite news|title=Indian born US based Filmmaker Rohit Gupta's Life! Camera Action...by Keep in touch news|url=http://www.keepintouchnews.com/eng_detailsnews.php?id=152|newspaper=Keep in touch news|date=February 2, 2011}} He is credited for being the first alumnus of the New York Film Academy to have made a short film assignment in to a full-length feature film, while in the program.

In 2012, Gupta was invited as an honorary member on the Global Artistic Advisory Board of the World Music & Independent Film Festival based in Washington, D.C.{{cite news|title=I'm delighted to be a member of WMIFF: Rohit Gupta|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/nri/cinema/Im-delighted-to-be-a-member-of-WMIFF-Rohit-Gupta/articleshow/11108076.cms|accessdate=6 May 2014|newspaper=The Times of India|date=December 14, 2011}}

Gupta is listed in the Limca Book of Records, India's equivalent of the Guinness World Records, for creating a national record for the first Indian to shoot a full-length motion picture by just a "two-member crew".{{cite news|title=Filmmaker Rohit Gupta honored by the Limca Book of Records by Roopa Modha – Urban Asian|url=http://urbanasian.com/bollywood/2014/01/filmmaker-rohit-gupta-honored-by-the-limca-book-of-records/|accessdate=2 January 2014|newspaper=Urban Asian|date=2 January 2014}}{{cite news|title=Filmmaker Rohit Gupta honored by the Limca Book of Records – TOI NRI Achievers|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/nri/nri-achievers/Filmmaker-Rohit-Gupta-honored-by-the-Limca-Book-of-Records/articleshow/28793511.cms|accessdate=17 January 2014|newspaper=The Times of India|date=14 January 2014}}

In 2013, Symbiosis International University in Pune invited Gupta for a guest lecture on Management & Creative aspects of filmmaking. A SIMColloquium, where eminent speakers from the field of media and communication come to interact with students and enable them to understand how the industry works was organized for Gupta's interaction with the Symbiosis Institute of Media and Communications (SIMC) students.{{cite news|title=Symbiosis International University invited filmmaker Rohit Gupta|url=http://glamgold.com/symbiosis-international-university-invited-filmmaker-rohit-gupta/|accessdate=25 October 2015|publisher=GlamGold - Latest News|date=12 September 2013}}{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite news|last1=Roshni|first1=M|title=Rohit Gupta speaks on Management and Creative aspects of filmmaking!|url=http://urbanasian.com/featured/2013/09/rohit-gupta-speaks-on-management-and-creative-aspects-of-filmmaking/|accessdate=25 October 2015|publisher=Urban Asian - Events & Gigs|date=19 September 2013}}

Gupta was chosen by Times Now as one of five global Indian nominated from around the world for the "2014 NRI of the Year" award for his "Distinctive Global Achievement in Arts & Entertainment".{{cite web|title=Achievement of Global Indians|url=http://www.nrioftheyear.com/the-awards/the-story-so-far/|website=NRI of the Year}}{{cite news|title=Rohit Gupta in the elite list for the NRI of the Year award by Roopa Modha|url=http://urbanasian.com/bollywood/2014/03/rohit-gupta-in-the-elite-list-for-the-nri-of-the-year-award/|accessdate=20 March 2014|newspaper=Urban Asian|date=March 14, 2014}}{{cite news|title=Film director Rohit Gupta nominated for the NRI of the Year award|url=http://www.dailyindianherald.com/home/engdetails/jgtfPwEH/9|accessdate=24 March 2014|newspaper=Daily Indian Herald|date=17 March 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140324231405/http://www.dailyindianherald.com/home/engdetails/jgtfPwEH/9|archivedate=March 24, 2014|df=mdy-all}}

Gupta was invited to be on the jury for Charlotte 48 Hour Film Project in North Carolina for three years in a row (2014, 2015 & 2016).{{cite news|title=The Charlotte 48 Hour Film Project|url=http://www.48hourfilm.com/en/charlotte/|date=August 2014}}{{cite news|last1=Toppman|first1=Lawrence|title=48 Hour Film Project: Mini-cinema on the fly|url=http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2014/08/12/5102136/48-hour-project-mini-cinema-on.html#.VHVHcovF-ZI|accessdate=26 November 2014|publisher=Charlotte Observer|date=12 August 2014}}

In May 2015, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, invited Gupta as speaker for the seminar titled "Life! Camera Action...".{{cite web|title=Universal Business Schools with strong global influence|url=http://www.eduniversal-ranking.com/business-school-university-ranking-5palms.html|website=Ed Universal Ranking|publisher=Eduniversal Business School|accessdate=24 May 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150729153506/http://www.eduniversal-ranking.com/business-school-university-ranking-5palms.html|archivedate=July 29, 2015|df=mdy-all}}{{cite web|title=Rohit Gupta, MBA turned film director, to speak on Life! Camera Action...|url=http://www.iimb.ernet.in/node/6336|website=Indian Institute of Management Bangalore|publisher=IIM-Bangalore|accessdate=24 May 2015}} Later in the year, SAE Institute in Dubai invited Gupta to address a seminar to its filmmaking and multimedia students.{{cite news|title=Acclaimed filmmaker visits SAE Institute Dubai|url=https://dubaipost.wordpress.com/2015/10/20/acclaimed-filmmaker-rohit-gupta-visits-sae-institute-dubai/|accessdate=20 October 2015|publisher=Dubai Post|date=20 October 2015}}{{cite news|title=filmmaker, Rohit Gupta visits SAE Institute Dubai|url=http://www.uaereview.com/story-z8980088|accessdate=25 October 2015|publisher=UAE Business Review|date=24 October 2015}}

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