Tarsem Singh

Tarsem Singh Dhandwar, yang dikenal secara profesional sebagai Tarsem, adalah seorang sutradara India yang telah mengerjakan film, video musik, dan iklan. Tarsem lahir di Jalandhar, Punjab dari keluarga Punjabi Sikh. Ayahnya adalah seorang insinyur pesawat terbang. Dia adalah lulusan Art Center College of Design di Pasadena, California. Tarsem memulai karirnya dengan menyutradarai video musik, termasuk "Hold On" oleh En Vogue, "Sweet Lullaby" oleh Deep Forest dan lagu hit R.E.M. "Losing My Religion", yang terakhir memenangkan Video Terbaik Tahun Ini di MTV Video Music Awards 1991. Dia telah mengarahkan lusinan iklan untuk merek seperti Nike dan Coca-Cola. Debut penyutradaraan film fitur Tarsem adalah The Cell (2000), yang dibintangi Jennifer Lopez. Pada tahun 2003, Tarsem menyutradarai salah satu iklan Pepsi paling rumit hingga saat ini. Ini menggabungkan tema gladiator dengan "We Will Rock You" milik Queen. Iklan tersebut dibintangi oleh Enrique Iglesias dalam versi iklan yang ditayangkan di Eropa dan Amerika Utara dan Amr Diab dalam versi yang ditayangkan di dunia Arab. Film kedua Tarsem, The Fall, memulai debutnya di Festival Film Internasional Toronto 2006 dan dirilis di bioskop Amerika Serikat pada tahun 2008. Film ketiganya adalah Immortals tahun 2011. Dia menyutradarai adaptasi cerita Brothers Grimm dari "Putri Salju", berjudul Mirror Mirror (2012).

Tarsem Singh Dhandwar, known professionally as Tarsem, is an Indian director who has worked on films, music videos, and commercials. Tarsem was born in Jalandhar, Punjab to a Punjabi Sikh family. His father was an aircraft engineer. He is a graduate of the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. Tarsem began his career directing music videos, including those of "Hold On" by En Vogue, "Sweet Lullaby" by Deep Forest and R.E.M.'s smash hit "Losing My Religion", the latter of which won Best Video of the Year at the 1991 MTV Video Music Awards. He has directed dozens of commercials for brands such as Nike and Coca-Cola. Tarsem's feature film directorial debut was The Cell (2000), starring Jennifer Lopez. In 2003, Tarsem directed one of the most elaborate Pepsi commercials to date. It combined a gladiator theme with Queen's "We Will Rock You". The commercial starred Enrique Iglesias in the version of the commercial aired in Europe and North America and Amr Diab in the version aired in the Arab world. Tarsem's second film, The Fall, debuted at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival and was released theatrically in the United States in 2008. His third film was 2011's Immortals. He directed an adaptation of the Brothers Grimm story of "Snow White", called Mirror Mirror (2012).