Deepak Sethi Explained
Deepak Sethi |
Birth Place: | Toronto, Canada |
Education: | University of Western Ontario |
Occupation: | Screenwriter, film director, comedian, voice actor |
Years Active: | 2010-present |
Deepak Sethi is a Canadian-American screenwriter,[1] comedian,[2] film director, and voice actor.[3] Sethi has written episodes of Family Guy, Brickleberry, and Close Enough.[4]
Life and career
Born and raised in Toronto, Canada, Sethi was an ethnic food salesman for his family's food company. While working in the food industry and doing his MBA, Sethi was discovered through his comedy blog which attracted over 2.2 million followers. Actress Alyssa Milano, a reader of Sethi's blog, passed Sethi's writing to writer Ricky Blitt who helped Sethi get a job on Family Guy.
Sethi was heckled by an audience member at a stand-up comedy show in Las Vegas, the crowd member insinuating that Sethi was a terrorist.[5] Sethi was nominated for an Annie Award for his writing in 2021.[6]
In 2021, Sethi wrote and directed the short film Coffee Shop Names[7] which was nominated for a Tribeca X award at the Tribeca Film Festival[8] and was acquired by HBO Max[9] in September 2021.
Notes and References
- Web site: Matteson . Cory . 2012-09-17 . From Twitter to TV to stand-up, Sethi taking new route to entertainment career . 2023-08-14 . JournalStar.com . en.
- Web site: Wire . A. B. . 2014-01-07 . Find out what to do from Deepak Sethi when a soldier yells "We're comin' for ya!" - The American Bazaar . 2023-08-14 . en-US.
- Web site: BlueCat . 2012-08-03 . Interview with Deepak Sethi . 2023-08-12 . BlueCat Screenplay Competition . en-US.
- Web site: The BEST episodes written by Deepak Sethi . 2023-08-12 . episode.ninja . en.
- Web site: Zimmerman . Neetzan . 2014-01-06 . Heckler Hurls Racist Remark at Comic, Gets Taken Down with Class . 2023-08-14 . Gawker . en.
- Web site: Ramos . Dino-Ray . 2019-12-02 . Annie Awards: 'Frozen 2', 'Missing Link' And 'Toy Story 4' Among Top Nominees . 2023-08-14 . Deadline . en-US.
- Web site: Vuocolo . Alex . O'Driscoll . Keara . Dangor . Graison . Ross . Dina . What to Stream: Vanderpump Reunion, Sorority Rush, Sketch Comedy Fav & Coffee Shop Names . 2023-08-14 . Cheddar News.
- Web site: Tribeca X 2021 . 2023-08-14 . Tribeca.
- Web site: 'From Barbie's World to Elf's New York' to focus on narrative nuances in film Penn State University . 2023-10-27 . www.psu.edu . en.