Move fast and make things, such as…

Thedal

feature film · Lost in South India

A mother and son chase a mysterious chain across South India. I wrote, directed, acted in and edited it.

  • 1h 15mruntime
  • 15+actors
  • 3.5k+views

Cinoma

platform · founder & product

A home for student filmmakers to find connection, feedback, exposure and data. I founded it and led product.

  • 4person team
  • 40+users in 2 mo
  • 30+interviews

Fugu!

board game · Pulpy Mango

The risky sushi strategy game. I designed the rules, art and pieces, then made, marketed and sold it.

  • 70+playtesters
  • 50+copies sold
  • 3–6players

How I make things

draft, rewrite in your voice
  1. Ship it before it's ready.A feature film made mostly solo. A working platform in under two months.
  2. Strangers are the best editors.70+ Fugu playtesters and 30+ Cinoma interviews before calling anything done.
  3. Every spreadsheet is hiding a story.A procedure unchanged for four years, automated in one summer at PwC.
  4. Rules are a creative medium.Game mechanics, a 9-week startup course, a CRM rebuilt from scratch.
  5. Borrow taste, then earn it.See the list below.

“What even are you?”

Filmmaker, Product Designer, Strategist, Storyteller, Entrepreneur, …I think.

Tools I actually reach for

  • Figma
  • Final Cut Pro
  • Premiere
  • Excel
  • SQL
  • Cameras

I speak

  • English
  • Spanish
  • Hindi
  • Tamil

Off the clock

  • Catan
  • Memorization tricks
  • Basketball
  • Travel

The institutions who've believed in me

Also: UCL Film Contest winner · opinion published in the Times · MBA Communication Teaching Fellow

Things I deeply admire

Other things I've made

AI short filmNothing

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VideoTEDx Alpharetta Women

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The archive

older, rougher, still mine

Essays

Talks & videos

Other videos

Random projects

Sounds & slides

Got a story, a system or a game that's broken? Say hi.

kirankashyap229@gmail.com
a Pulpy Mango production