Bharat Nalluri is a BAFTA and Emmy® nominated director. Born in India, he moved to the UK at a young age and spent the last five years living and working in the US before moving to Australia in 2019.

Bharat’s recent work includes BOY SWALLOWS UNIVERSE (2024), the television adaptation of the popular novel of the same name by Trent Dalton. Made for Netflix, the series achieved great success with Bharat at the helm; taking home the award for Best Miniseries at the TV Week Logies and the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards. Bharat also received an AACTA Award for Best Direction in a Drama for his work on the first episode.

Bharat directed the Disney+ and Princess Pictures series LAST DAYS OF THE SPACE AGE (2024), a dramedy set in Perth in 1979. Bharat also directed the Apple TV+, Anonymous Content and Paramount Television series SHANTARAM (2022), based on the novel of the same name by Gregory David Roberts.

Bharat’s film credits include THE MAN WHO INVENTED CHRISTMAS (2017) starring Christopher Plummer, Jonathon Pryce and Dan Stevens; SPOOKS: THE GREATER GOOD (2015), a spin-off from the hugely popular BBC television series starring Kit Harrington; and MISS PETTIGREW LIVES FOR A DAY (2008), starring Amy Adams and Frances McDormand.

Bharat received an Emmy® nomination for directing HBO’s powerful drama TSUNAMI: THE AFTERMATH (2006), starring Tim Roth, Toni Collette, Chiwetel Ejiofor and producer Finola Dwyer.

Bharat set the modern standard for British television drama, directing the pilots for the BAFTA and International Emmy® award-winning LIFE ON MARS (2006) and the BAFTA award-winning SPOOKS (2002). Bharat helped conceive HUSTLE (2004), which was nominated for UK Directors Guild award, and Russell T. Davis’ TORCHWOOD (2011).

He has worked extensively in the US directing numerous pilots including THE 100 (2014) for CW/CBS/Warner Studios. More recently, he worked on the critically acclaimed drama LITTLE AMERICA (2020) for Apple TV+, which was nominated for a BAFTA for Best International Series. Bharat has been announced for the upcoming Anna Kendrick feature UNSOUND.

He recently stepped into the audio space, directing THE ORCHARD (2021) series for Audible and Princess Pictures with Eric Bana.

Bharat currently has a number of projects in development.

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