Sameer Hanchate

Sameer Hanchate is an Indian director and producer who is well-known for his craft in the Indian film industry. He hails from Mumbai, Maharashtra. He has a degree in filmmaking from the New York Film Academy and acting from The Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute. He started his career as an Assistant Director under Mukta Arts. He later shifted to Vidhu Vinod Chopra Vidhu Vinod Chopra is a classic filmmaker, who has >> Read More... Films Private Limited where he worked on the movie ‘ Yaadein Yaadain is a Pakistani TV serial that aired on PTV >> Read More... ’ as Assistant Director. The movie had a star-studded cast of brilliant actors like Hrithik Roshan Hrithik Roshan with his unimaginable dance moves i >> Read More... , Karena Kapoor Khan, Jackie Shroff Intro: Jackie Shroff is a well known Bollywood act >> Read More... , and Amrish Puri Amrish Lal Puri was born on 22nd June, 1932 in Pun >> Read More... . He is the producer and director of the 2006 movie ‘Gafla’ based on the 1992 stock market scam. He won the Best Debut Director award for a Hindi feature film at the RACE V.Shantaram Awards.

Hachate founded his film production house in 1998 named Sameer Hanchate Film Studios, where he makes feature films. He has the Deputy Director representing the Indian delegation at the Asia Pacific Film Festival 2009 in Taiwan. He also served as the Directorate of Film Festivals (DFF) under the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India. His jury roles include the ‘Indian Panorama’ of IFFI 2009, the ‘ National Film Awards The National Film Awards gets presented every year >> Read More... ’ 2012, and the ‘Indian Panorama’ of IFFI 2014. Since 2018, he has been a jury member for a reputed American screenwriting contest held annually. As of 2024, he is the Visiting Faculty at IIM Bangalore for their General Management Programme in Entertainment & Media Business.