Bharat Nalluri

Bharat Nalluri is a British television director In 1993 he and producer Richard Johns cofounded Pilgrim Films Nalluri is best known for his work with the independent production company Kudos Film Television in the 2000s and early 2010s For Kudos he has directed episodes of Spooks Life on Mars Hustle which he also helped to conceive and Outcasts all for transmission on BBC One He directed the first episodes of all four programmes playing a major role in establishing the house style for each series In addition to his television work Nalluri has worked in film including directing The Crow Salvation in 2000 He also served as second unit director on the films Resident Evil 2002 and Alien vs Predator 2004 on both occasions working with the director Paul W S Anderson Nalluri also directed a miniseries for HBO called Tsunami The Aftermath broadcast in December 2006 This twopart drama told the story of the tragic events that occurred in Thailand in December 2004 It is entirely fictional but is based on interviews and research of the actual event He was born at Repalle of Guntur district in Andhra Pradesh India He was brought to England at an early age by his family and grew up in Newcastle upon Tyne where he attended Eastcliffe Grammar School He then attended the Royal Grammar School Newcastle with Paul Anderson for 6th Form He sang for a number of years in a soulfunk band called The Money Spiders In 2007 Nalluri finished directing the feature film Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day It was released in a limited number of theaters in the US on Friday March 7 2008