Prateek Vats | Director/Writer

Prateek Vats | Director/Writer

Prateek Vats is an independent filmmaker based in Mumbai. A graduate of the Film Direction course of the Film and Television Institute of India, he has directed both fiction and factual films, which have been showcased at various film festivals and non-formal spaces.

Prateek’s debut feature was the documentary A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings (2017). Borrowing its name from a Gabriel Garcia Marquez short story, the film was awarded the Special Jury Award at India’s National Film Awards in 2018. His first fiction feature, Eeb Allay Ooo! (2020), was showcased at film festivals across the world, including as part of the Panorama Selection of the Berlin International Film Festival, before being theatrically released in India in December 2020. The film won various awards, including the Critics’ Award at the Filmfare Awards 2021 and Best Film and Best Director at the India Critics’ Choice Awards 2021. The film is currently available to view on Netflix and has also been broadcast in the UK by Channel 4.

In addition to making his own films, Prateek has been lecturing at various academic institutions and workshops. He has also been involved with film collectives such as Ektara Collective in Madhya Pradesh and Collective Phase One in Kerala.