Armaan Zorace

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Armaan Zorace
Born
Armaan Chopra

1983 (age 4041)
Bangalore, India [1]
Occupations
Years active2011–present

Armaan Zorace is a Hollywood film director, producer and screenwriter.

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Career

Inspired by the works of Stanley Kubrick and Steven Spielberg, [1] [2] Zorace made his debut in 2011 with the short film God Is Dead, which was nominated for an award at the Cannes Film Festival in 2011. [1] [3]

In 2019 he began directing the horror film Wraith. [4] [5] [6] The film is set to feature a live Islamic exorcism according to horror website Bloody Disgusting. [7] As of 2019, he is also working on a superhero movie Gamma Man . [8]

He is currently producing a film with Matt Reeves titled Switchboard. [9]

Filmography

YearTitleNotes
2011God Is DeadShort film; director, writer
2012The Lucky 100 Dollar BillShort film; director, producer
2020The Aryan PapersDirector
TBAWraithWriter [10]
Gamma ManWriter [10]
Honeymoon in TalibanDirector [11]

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