Eshan Parikh

My name is Dr Eshan Parikh, and I am a screenwriter and academic from New Delhi, India. I have a Master of Fine Arts in Screenwriting from the New York Film Academy, Los Angeles, a Masters of Arts in Cinema Studies from Tisch School of the Arts, New York University and a PhD in Creative and Critical Writing from Cardiff University. For my thesis, I developed a new screenwriting paradigm out of the Indian mythical narrative structures, with an eye toward cross-platform storytelling. I have presented my work at conferences and panels across the globe.

Apart from my academic interests in cinematic narratives, I have worked in the development of scripted records for TV and film and for production companies in India and the UK for more than five years. I have developed and written web series and movies across genres, including biopics, historical and thriller. I have considerable experience in film production. I have run a film/media production house where we handled multinational clients from markets like India and Africa, writing and directing TV advertisements and corporate films and developing other brand narratives. My film and script work has been showcased at festivals like Firereel Film Festival, Pittsburg Independent Film Festival and World Series of Screenwriting. As an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy in the UK, I have taught undergraduate modules like Creative Writing, Creative Reading and Media Scholarship at Cardiff University.