Arjun Kamath is a Bangalore(India) born director, cinematographer, photographer and a graduate of the prestigious University of Southern California’s School of School Cinematic Arts, with a Master of Fine Arts degree in Film and Television Production.

A three-time recipient of the Canon Creative Asia Photography Bronze Award, Kamath wrapped production in 2015 as cinematographer on his first feature-length documentary in Scotland, titled Scotch: A Golden Dream (featuring The Duke of Argyll, Jim McEwan, and Richard Paterson). Arjun was also a principal cinematographer on the feature film What Would Beethoven Do?, which has played at numerous festivals around the world and premiered at the Cleveland International Film Festival, where it received an audience award.

Originally an Information Technology engineer from Bengaluru, India, Kamath also worked on 2015 photo-narrative entitled Coming Out, which looked at the persecution faced by homosexuals in India. The film took the Internet by storm and was publicized in newspapers around the world and even caught the attention of the United Nations. The UN published the article “Meet Arjun Kamath: From Engineering Student to Internet Stardom” to salute the roaring success of the project. Kamath followed this up with two other photo-narratives, Avani, which addresses female infanticide, and Color of Our Skin, which deals with discrimination based on skin color. Both went viral on the Internet and received national news coverage throughout India because of the social cause generated by the projects.

Kamath managed to weave magic not only through his still images but also through moving images. His short film, The Birthday Trip, on which he was the writer, producer, director, and cinematographer, was released online in March 2016 and became hugely popular garnering close to 5 million views on YouTube and 300,000 views on Vimeo. The short film, which touches upon incestuous rape, is another social evil prevalent in the world and was covered by news channels and newspapers across India. Kamath has over 100,000 followers on his Facebook page where he regularly shares his artwork and visual samples.