Deepak Rauniyar

{{short description|Nepalese film director}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Deepak Rauniyar

| image = Director Deepak Rauniyar at 81st Venice International Film Festival for Pouja, Sir EDITED.jpg

| caption = Rauniyar at the 81st Venice International Film Festival in 2024

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1978|08|29}}

| birth_place = Saptari, Nepal

| nationality = Nepali

| other_names = Rauniyar

| citizenship = Nepali

| years_active = 2008–present

| known_for = White Sun (2016)
Highway (2012)

}}

Deepak Rauniyar ({{langx|ne|दीपक रौनियार}}; born on 29 August 1978) is a Nepalese director, writer and producer.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/26/movies/highway-directed-by-deepak-rauniyar.html|title='Highway', Directed by Deepak Rauniyar|last=Rapold|first=Nicolas|date=25 April 2013|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=10 August 2017|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=15 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201015152152/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/26/movies/highway-directed-by-deepak-rauniyar.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.sff.org.au/about/jury-members/deepak-rauniyar/|title=Sydney Film Festival – About Us|website=sff.org.au|access-date=10 August 2017|archive-date=30 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170730232858/http://www.sff.org.au/about/jury-members/deepak-rauniyar/|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2016-11-19/under-the-white-sun.html|title=Under the white sun [Interview Deepak Rauniyar]|access-date=10 August 2017|archive-date=1 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201035547/http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2016-11-19/under-the-white-sun.html|url-status=live|newspaper=The Kathmandu Post}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nepali-filmmaker-deepak-rauniyar-road-raising-cash-finance-highway-article-1.971962|title=Nepali filmmaker hosts fund-raiser for his movie 'Highway'|work=Daily News|location=New York|access-date=10 August 2017|archive-date=23 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180623123145/http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nepali-filmmaker-deepak-rauniyar-road-raising-cash-finance-highway-article-1.971962|url-status=live}} He is one of the few internationally acclaimed cinema directors from Nepal. He rose to prominence in 2012 as the director of Highway, the first Nepali movie to be screened at a major international festival{{snd}} the Berlin International Film Festival.{{Cite news|url=https://thediplomat.com/2017/06/interview-with-deepak-rauniyar-nepals-rising-star-director/|title=Interview With Deepak Rauniyar, Nepal's Rising Star Director|first=Arun|last=Budhathoki|work=The Diplomat|access-date=10 August 2017|archive-date=2 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170902030739/http://thediplomat.com/2017/06/interview-with-deepak-rauniyar-nepals-rising-star-director/|url-status=live}} His second international release, White Sun (2016), was named Best Asian Feature Film at the Singapore International Film Festival{{Cite web|url=http://english.onlinekhabar.com/2016/12/04/390900.html|title=Deepak Rauniyar's 'White Sun' named 'Best Asian feature Film' |website=Online Khabar |access-date=10 August 2017|archive-date=1 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201035201/http://english.onlinekhabar.com/2016/12/04/390900.html|url-status=live}} and resulted in his being named in The New York Times as one of "The 9 New Directors You Need to Watch".{{cite web|last1=Dargis|first1=Manohla|last2=Scott|first2=A. O.|title=The 9 New Directors You Need to Watch|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/14/movies/the-9-new-directors-you-need-to-watch.html|newspaper=The New York Times|accessdate=9 December 2017|date=14 March 2017|archive-date=8 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171208184200/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/14/movies/the-9-new-directors-you-need-to-watch.html|url-status=live}}