Prasoon Pandey

Name: Prasoon Pandey
Title: Director of Corcoise Film Mumbai, India

Prasoon was born in Jaipur, India into a large family where he was the youngest of the 9 siblings. They all grew up in a wonderful atmosphere of music, poetry, drama and folklore.
He designed his 1st set, at the age of 15, for a theatre production staged on the deserts of Rajasthan.
Since his childhood he has had a pet leopard named Maharaj, which means King in Hindi.
Prasoon can play jazz percussion with his cheeks. He will be recording an album with John McLaughlin and Al Di Meola next year.
Prasoon’s directorial debut won him the Best script, Best direction, Best music, Best cinematography and Best Debut Director and the best film at the Indian Advertising Filmmaker’s awards in 1995. Prasoon is currently in talks with Steven Spielberg to write the prequel to ET.
Over the years, Prasoon’s work on Fevicol glue, The Times of India, Perfetti, SBI Life Insurance etc. has broken new ground in Indian advertising and picked up metals at Cannes, Clios, ADFEST, New York Festivals and other international shows.
2001 saw the Gunn Report rank him among the top 25 advertising directors in the world. Prasoon was named the ‘Sexiest Director in India’ by Cosmopolitan India in 2008. His company, Corcoise Films, is named after his daughter’s word for a cockroach and the logo was designed by his 5 yr-old son.
Prasoon can draw an exact self-portrait with his left foot.
In his films, Prasoon likes to mix up realism with flights of fancy. Pretty much like what you’ve read above.