Director Daniel Zenas Upputuru joins Joshua Tree Mumbai

Director, Daniel Zenas Upputuru has joined his brother Joshua Upputuru at Mumbai based production house, Joshua Tree.

The production house has vast experience in handling big accounts like Cadbury, Lenovo, Greenlam, D Décor, KFC, Safari, Britannia to name a few, and making block buster films for them while collaborating with many big agencies in India.

Joshua Tree is completing ten years in the ad film industry and has focusing its sights towards developing films with complete commitment towards production value and integrity. The company has worked with celebrities such as Amitabh Bachchan, Shahrukh Khan, Arjun Rampal, Gauri Khan to name a few.

Joshua Tree has over the years spread its roots to Quad films in France and Dinamo in Istanbul collaborating with them for international clients. In the many years the company has developed tech collaborations in the the International scenario too, with specialized teams working on VFX to AI to Virtual Production. All under the leadership of Founder, Joshua Upputuru.

The company has a Toronto LiftOff shortlist in 2018 and an Academy Award (Shorts) Shortlist in 2017 for best live action short film for “Bon Voyage ” which Upputuru co-produced.

Daniel has directed films for Adidas, Coca Cola Smart Water, Honda cars, Honda bikes, Samsung and ICICI are some of the several beautiful films directed by him. He wants to concentrate completely on the art of directing and is more than happy to let Joshua Tree take over the reins of production from here on.

Joshua Upputuru Founder of Joshua Tree Films, says: “It’s fantastic to work together, we have literally grown up together, I understand how he thinks and that is a huge advantage to any production company. I am sure we will do great memorable work in the time to come”

Daniel said: “For some time I have been looking for the right marriage, the right production house to collaborate with. I think Joshua understands the needs of the hour, understands the agency and the client speak. The brand values. If a producer and the director are like a well oiled machine then the outcome is usually of a great value. A great film. And that’s what my whole agenda is about. I want to make fantastic films.”

Cinematographer Manoj Khatoi, says: “Daniel Upputuru is one of the finest directors in the country. Every time working with him is so much fun. He is a guy with great vision and his knowledge about art and composition is commendable. Coolest guy to work with!”