Jayjit Dasgupta Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area, Nashville, New Orleans, Washington D.C., New Mexico

● Oversaw projects from conception to final delivery to high-value clients (Meta, Apple, Google, Amazon) resulting in consistent seven figure contracts.● Led persuasively & communicated a collaborative vision across various departments while creating an environment that nurtures creativity and break-through strategies. Communicated with clients and intermediaries.● Managed higher-level operations and delegated tasks to multiple teams concurrently on multiple projects shooting simultaneously while also being hands-on to ensure seamless day-to-day operations while maintaining a global view.● Led a team of cinematographers, directors, and writers to build a pipeline for AI/ML script to video projects.● Pitched storylines, developed character arcs & world-building elements for Artificial Intelligence Metaverse projects.● Domain expert on cutting-edge and “frontier” technology & platforms like Aria Glasses & Quest Pro (Meta), HoloLens (Microsoft), and Vision Pro (Apple).● Developed & managed comprehensive budgets and created bids for commercial, digital & immersive content production, ensuring cost efficiency and on-date delivery throughout the process.

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

● Mastered technical complexity and ambiguity with an interest to pioneer tech, protocols and production procedures.● Wrote, produced & directed immersive virtual world projects (mostly in AR/VR) for Meta, Apple, Google, and Amazon.● Shot and directed multiple music videos, commercials and branded content short-form & long-form videos.● Facilitated & led cross discipline collaboration and communication across multiple teams.● Excelled in production scheduling, budgeting, project design and execution.● Collaborated cross-functionally with Production, Post-Production, Business & Legal Affairs and Marketing to see projects through to completion.● Work with production team to manage budgets, schedules, and logistics on more complex or strategically significant productions● Mentored junior members of teams. Communicated between clients and the broader production teams.

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

● Consulted on, gave notes on & developed multiple TV pilots and feature projects with and for clients.● Provided strategic direction, broke down story and managed creative teams to pursue a unified vision that translated into superior results and engaged audiences while supervising the campaigns for those projects.● Employed excellent writing and communication skills to guide clients from pitches to beat sheets to outline to elevated & superior end products.● Oversaw the creative execution of projects using data-driven, test-and-learn approach to rewrites. ● Generated verbal and written feedback on all story materials related to various series through all phases of initial greenlight, production and post.● Acted as a point of contact for writers, producers, networks & other production partners regarding story.

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

● Built the first slate of 12+ projects spanning different genres for streaming platform by evaluating 180+ submissions and cultivating working relationships with creatives from top festivals & film markets. ● Led the development team in analyzing pitches and submissions to determine which projects are appropriate for internal slate and financed for development.● Attended creative meetings, traveled to sets, and other production related sessions as necessary.● Evaluated writing and directing samples; tracked and responded to all sample submissions.● Guided & partnered with show creators through script drafts, production and post processes.● Developed creative strategies to grow unique, compelling, and brand-appropriate scripted content.

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

● Wrote 10+ produced projects currently playing on the mobile app/digital streaming platform.● Sold a series of shorts to the network. Only director invited to their exclusive Staff Writer program.● Directed and produced multiple projects for the platform. Delivered under budget and ahead of deadlines.● Conceptualized new plot twists, enriched themes & crafted deeper character development.

Nashville And Los Angeles

• Coordinated all aspects of pre, production (120 shoot days), post and personal life for Producing Director on location in Nashville for 10 episodes on a $6 million/episode Kevin Williamson show.• Managed daily calendar and correspondence while identifying conflicts.• Coordinated travel. Documented all expense reports regarding travel and personal expenses.• Organized accommodations, including managing & supervising all responsibilities for setting up & closing down apartment.• Arranged meetings, scheduled appointments and took minutes during weekly conference calls with Los Angeles offices.• Handled confidential and sensitive matters regarding scripts, actor deal memos & correspondence on a daily basis.• Greeted & interacted with all visitors, including executives, producers and writers.• Pulled images, helped pick color palettes according to color theory, helped develop & design look book for the second season.• Prepared presentation decks to other episodic directors to familiarize them with show’s look book and shooting style.• Interacted with all department heads during prep week to get directors ready for shooting schedule.• Compiled notes from outlines, broke down different drafts, summarized scenes and kept track of prior circumstances for characters to help Producing Director during production.• Coordinated additional photo shoots, picture picks for vehicles, props and art. Worked closely with Music Supervisor to coordinate musicians, schedule actor practice sessions and distribute music to appropriate crew members.

Mfa, Film Production - Writing, Directing, Cinematography And Producing

Activities and Societies: Graduate Student Body President

B.A. Special Honors, Psychology, Theater, Creative Writing, Fine Arts & Art History

Activities and Societies: Generic Theatre Company, Sigma Phi Epsilon, GW Hatchet

Film - Directing, Writing, Cinematography & Producing

Theatre/Theater

Cinema

Doctor Of Medicine - Md