Rajeev Dassani is an award winning writer and director whose films
have screened at many of the top festivals around the world. Rajeev
studied directing at the University of Southern California, where his
thesis film, "A Day's Work" went on to screen at hundreds of festivals
worldwide and won dozens of "best film" awards including the
prestigious gold medal at the Student Academy Awards, best student film
at the Shanghai Film Festival, Audience Award at the AFI Dallas
Festival among others.
Rajeev's first feature, "Watercolor Postcards", starring Bailee
Madison, Jonathan Banks and Laura Bell Bundy, has been completed and in
the festival circuit and preparing for a 2013 release.
Rajeev also created Master Key Productions with his twin brother Elan
Dassani, which has provided production services and visual effects for
dozens of TV series and feature films. As part of Master Key, Rajeev
served as a creative consultant and visual effects producer on shows
such as the "Knight Rider" reboot on NBC, the critically acclaimed
"Justified" with Timothy Olyphant on FX, and as a director on "Covert
Affairs" starring Piper Perabo on USA. He co-designed and directed the
title sequence for that series as well as directing action sequences
for several episodes including the season finale in London and Sri
Lanka.