Deepak Sethi

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Deepak Sethi
Born
Toronto, Canada
Education University of Western Ontario
Occupation(s)Screenwriter, film director, comedian, voice actor
Years active2010-present

Deepak Sethi is a Canadian-American screenwriter, [1] comedian, [2] film director, and voice actor. [3] Sethi has written episodes of Family Guy , Brickleberry , and Close Enough . [4]

Life and career

Born and raised in Toronto, Canada, Sethi was an ethnic food salesman for his family's food company. [1] While working in the food industry and doing his MBA, [3] Sethi was discovered through his comedy blog [1] which attracted over 2.2 million followers. [2] Actress Alyssa Milano, a reader of Sethi's blog, passed Sethi's writing to writer Ricky Blitt who helped Sethi get a job on Family Guy. [1]

Sethi was heckled by an audience member at a stand-up comedy show in Las Vegas, the crowd member insinuating that Sethi was a terrorist. [5] Sethi was nominated for an Annie Award for his writing in 2021. [6]

In 2021, Sethi wrote and directed the short film Coffee Shop Names [7] which was nominated for a Tribeca X award at the Tribeca Film Festival [8] and was acquired by HBO Max [9] in September 2021.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Matteson, Cory (2012-09-17). "From Twitter to TV to stand-up, Sethi taking new route to entertainment career". JournalStar.com. Retrieved 2023-08-14.
  2. 1 2 Wire, A. B. (2014-01-07). "Find out what to do from Deepak Sethi when a soldier yells "We're comin' for ya!" - The American Bazaar" . Retrieved 2023-08-14.
  3. 1 2 BlueCat (2012-08-03). "Interview with Deepak Sethi". BlueCat Screenplay Competition. Retrieved 2023-08-12.
  4. ↑ "The BEST episodes written by Deepak Sethi". episode.ninja. Retrieved 2023-08-12.
  5. ↑ Zimmerman, Neetzan (2014-01-06). "Heckler Hurls Racist Remark at Comic, Gets Taken Down with Class". Gawker. Retrieved 2023-08-14.
  6. ↑ Ramos, Dino-Ray (2019-12-02). "Annie Awards: 'Frozen 2', 'Missing Link' And 'Toy Story 4' Among Top Nominees". Deadline. Retrieved 2023-08-14.
  7. ↑ Vuocolo, Alex; O'Driscoll, Keara; Dangor, Graison; Ross, Dina (25 May 2023). "What to Stream: Vanderpump Reunion, Sorority Rush, Sketch Comedy Fav & Coffee Shop Names". Cheddar News. Retrieved 2023-08-14.
  8. ↑ "Tribeca X 2021". Tribeca. Retrieved 2023-08-14.
  9. ↑ "'From Barbie's World to Elf's New York' to focus on narrative nuances in film | Penn State University". www.psu.edu. Retrieved 2023-10-27.


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