Akash Sherman
Akash Sherman | |
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| Born | 1995 (age 28–29) |
| Occupation | Film director |
Akash Sherman is a Canadian film director.[1]
Sherman was born and raised in Edmonton, Alberta, where his parents were a doctor and a pharmacist.[2] He left Alberta to study filmmaking at Ryerson University (now Toronto Metropolitan University), in Toronto, in 2015.
Sherman was studying film at Ryerson University when he began working on the script for his first feature film, Clara.[3] In 2015 he dropped out, after his first year, after he sold his script, to continue working on that film.[2] On September 10, 2018, CBC News quoted him at the film's premiere at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival saying the premiere "felt like graduation".[4][5]
Sherman and his family flew to India for the film's showing at the Mumbai Film Festival in October 2018.[2]
In its review of Clara, Scientific American noted Sherman's dedication to scientific accuracy.[6] They quoted Sherman describe an insight he had, in art history class, that famous artists of the past were out creating art, when they were his age, not studying art.
When Seth Needle of Screen Media Films acquired the US streaming rights for Clara, he called Sherman "one of the best young filmmakers to watch today".[7]
References
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"'Clara' Is An Ambitious Hunt for the Meaning of Life Directed by Akash Sherman". Exclaim! magazine. 2018-12-03. Retrieved 2019-03-08.
The film flirts with sci-fi, but director/co-writer Akash Sherman is ultimately more concerned with grappling with matters of the heart than with extraterrestrials.
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Faizal Khan (2018-09-16). "At 22, Akash Sherman makes his TIFF debut with 'Clara'; here's his inspiring story". Financial Express. Retrieved 2020-08-14.
Sherman's family still lives in Edmonton, the capital of Alberta, where his mother is a pharmacist and father a doctor.
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Steve Weintraub (2019-05-06). "'Clara': Patrick J. Adams, Ari Lantos, and Director Akash Sherman on Their Grounded Sci-Fi Film". Collider. Retrieved 2020-08-14.
At only twenty-three years of age, Akash Sherman has helmed an optimistic science fiction feature that not only got me interested in learning more about astronomy, but made me leave the theater thinking about what else is out there in our universe.
- ^ "'This feels like graduation': Former Ryerson student debuts TIFF film at campus theatre". CBC News. 2018-09-10. Retrieved 2020-08-14.
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Aleesha Harris (2018-09-21). "VIFF 2018: Clara highlights the search for signs of life beyond Earth, loss and love". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved 2020-08-14.
For Sherman, who also wrote the film, approaching the idea of life beyond Earth from a scientific perspective and coming from a place of spirituality didn't require two, mutually exclusive perspectives.
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Lee Billings (2018-10-11). "Clara Is a Story of Exoplanets, Existential Longing—and Real Science". Scientific American. Retrieved 2020-08-14.
The story behind the story is that I was a 19-year-old film student in an art history class, and I had an epiphany that all the great artists throughout history who we were studying would probably be out creating something at my age, not sitting in a classroom.
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Anita Bennett (2019-02-14). "Sci-Fi Pic 'Clara' To Get Day-And-Date Release Via Screen Media". Deadline. Retrieved 2020-08-14.
'Clara amazed us in so many ways,' said Needle. 'From the strong filmmaking to the complex, engaging story to the emotional performances. All of it shows why Akash is one of the best young filmmakers to watch today. We're so happy to be working with him, Ari and the rest of the team.'