Krushan Naik

Krushan Naik is a Filmmaker pursuing an MFA in Film & TV Production at the School of Film and Television, Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. Coming from India, he brings an extensive seven-year-long experience in the Advertising World as a sole successful proprietor of his Advertising Agency, working with Bollywood celebrities, industry-leading photographers, and the best of the film and fashion industry artists. His first-ever film was an animated short, which was nominated at the 24 FPS International Animation Awards 2012, Mumbai. Krushan is fascinated by stories that lead to a resolution/purpose or a hopeful future and not only emphasize a setback. His belief that films should profoundly impact the audience pushes him to achieve that goal; His search for stories commences with an end goal: purposeful resolution! Along with the entertaining aspect, through his stories, he wants his audience to go through an experience that is nothing less than thought-provoking, eye-opening, emotionally moving, spiritually enhancing, mind-bending, and psychologically introspecting. His inspiration and enthusiasm come from the same beliefs, which also help give soul-satisfying meaning to his work; It keeps him going and provides a purpose that he constantly seeks behind creating stories. Also, bit by the Editing bug, he loves the art of putting together hours of footage and building a world that lures and teleports the audience through amazing audio-visuals. His work is an excellent example for someone who wishes to fight their biggest enemy: Themselves! Because if we are all being honest, most of the time, it is our counter ego-no matter what the struggle story is-that stands between us and what we desire to do/be. He endlessly derives inspiration from shows and films like Avatar: The Last Airbender (TV show, NOT the film), Inception, Interstellar, The Matrix, Spotlight, and so on. Each harbor a unique fusion: Avatar combines entertainment with spirituality and life lessons; Interstellar brings a beautiful fusion of science and films; Inception connects intense mind-bending storytelling with dreams; The Matrix fuses technology and movies in their highest form; Spotlight clearly exhibits the flawless amalgamation of films and real-life injustice/abuse, and it's incredible influence and consequence on the society. Such fusion of different life subjects leads to an outcome never seen before through the medium of films. It is the only medium capable of doing that, which fascinates and encourages him to continue creating. Krushan believes that, we, the sentient beings, are capable of feeling certain universal truths/life elements like love, pain, suffering, passion, isolation, kindness, empathy, and so on, at varying lengths based on our experiences and circumstances. These universal truths transcend all age, race, caste, nation, and cultural boundaries. They are non-sectarian! Their effects are inevitably felt deep within, maybe at varying intensity, but indeed felt by the soul because we all emanate from the same tenets of the universe. And the focus of his work is always to explore such aspects of life.