Udayan Prasad
has been directing documentaries, television drama and feature films since graduating from the NFTS in 1983. His feature films include Brothers In Trouble, 1995, My Son The Fanatic 1997, and The Yellow Handkerchief, 2008. For television his numerous credits include 102 Boulevard Haussman, 1991 and Talking Heads 2: Playing Sandwiches by Alan Bennett along with They Never Slept 1989, Running Late 1992 and Femme Fatale 1992 by Simon Gray. He directed two episodes of The Tunnel 2013 for Sky Atlantic and two episodes, including the finale, of The Musketeers 2016 for BBC TV. Most recently he was lead director and executive producer on the first series of Selection Day 2018/19 for Netflix.
When not actively involved in production, he is a frequent visiting lecturer on directing and screenwriting programmes at several film schools including The National Film & Television School in Beaconsfield and The London Film School in the UK; The Wajda School in Warsaw, the National Film, Television and Theatre School in Łódź and Gdynia Film School in Poland. He is also an advisor and mentor on various international directing and screenwriting workshops.
