Nikil Shyam Sunder

Nikil Shyam Sunder

Nikil Shyam Sunder is a commercial filmmaker and Emmy award winning producer. He has collaborated with Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber. Mary J. Blige, Janelle Monae, Zayn Malik, The Fray, Chainsmokers and many more artists. Nikil has supervised production and produced multiple national TV and web commercials spots for some of the top 100 brands in the country. Nikil co-produced the action thriller My Father Die, which premiered at SXSW and won multiple awards at ScreamFest. He produced Spiral Farm, starring Piper De Palma, which premiered at Slamdance, and also produced The Estate, a dark comedy thriller available on Hulu. He wrapped production on the Jewish romantic comedy Simchas & Sorrows, which was released later. In 2023, Nikil won a Sports Emmy for Outstanding Digital Innovation for his work on McEnroe vs. McEnroe. He is currently developing the thriller Gross Profit with writer Thomas Yungerberg and director Arya Moghaddam.

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Year Attended/Graduated: 2012
Location: Los Angeles