Pavan Moondi
Pavan Moondi (born August 21, 1985) is a Canadian film and television director and screenwriter.Barry Hertz, [https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/why-sundowners-the-kind-of-cancon-the-industry-needs-was-so-hard-to-get-made/article36064836/ "Why Sundowners – the kind of Cancon the industry needs – was so hard to get made"]. The Globe and Mail, August 23, 2017.
Biography
Originally from Kitchener, Ontario,"Diamond Tongues a smart story of millennial angst". Waterloo Region Record, September 25, 2015. Moondi made a number of short films before expanding his last short film into the feature film Everyday Is Like Sunday (2013).{{cite news | last=Anderson | first=Jason | url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/2013/08/15/everyday_is_like_sunday_local_indie_comedy_about_conflicted_young_people_is_smart_energetic_review.html | title=Everyday is Like Sunday: Local indie comedy about conflicted young people is smart, energetic: Interview | date=August 15, 2013 | work=Toronto Star | accessdate=August 27, 2019}} He followed up in 2015 with Diamond Tongues, which was co-directed by producer Brian Robertson,{{cite news | last=Wilner | first=Norman | url=https://nowtoronto.com/movies/reviews/diamond-tongues/ | title=Diamond Tongues | date=August 5, 2015 | work=NOW Magazine | accessdate=August 27, 2019}} and in 2017 with Sundowners.Barry Hertz, [https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/film-reviews/review-sundowners-is-a-captivating-blend-of-genres/article36064916/ "Review: Sundowners is a captivating, subversive blend of genres"]. The Globe and Mail, August 23, 2017.
His films have been noted in particular for his frequent casting of musicians with little or no prior acting experience, including Nicholas Thorburn, Dan Werb, Leah Fay Goldstein and Luke Lalonde.Peter Howell, "How to become a movie star without really trying". Toronto Star, August 7, 2015.
In television he directed the 2016 CBC Television series Four in the Morning,Victoria Ahearn, "Four in the Morning creators were surprised that the CBC-TV picked up the edgy series". Telegraph-Journal, August 29, 2016. was a story editor on the writing team for Schitt's Creek, and wrote one episode of the television series Find Me in Paris.
His fourth feature film, Middle Life, is slated to premiere in 2025.Jamie Casemore, [https://playbackonline.ca/2025/01/22/pavan-moondis-middle-life-wraps-production-in-l-a/ "Pavan Moondi’s Middle Life wraps production in L.A."]. Playback, January 22, 20225.
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