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Award-winning Creative Producer and Director with 9+ years’ experience across live-action, animation, design, commercial advertising, short films, branded content, and treatment development. Known for turning briefs and concepts into compelling visual stories with emotional depth, clear audience connection, and strong commercial awareness. Hands-on leader across pre-production, on-set execution, and post-production—shaping visual worlds, guiding talent and teams, and balancing storytelling integrity with brand intent. Global award recognition across short films and commercial exposure to major brands, now building momentum in Australia with cross-market perspective and end-to-end delivery.…Award-winning Creative Producer and Director with 9+ years’ experience across live-action, animation, design, commercial advertising, short films, branded content, and treatment development. Known for turning briefs and concepts into compelling visual stories with emotional depth, clear audience connection, and strong commercial awareness. Hands-on leader across pre-production, on-set execution, and post-production—shaping visual worlds, guiding talent and teams, and balancing storytelling integrity with brand intent. Global award recognition across short films and commercial exposure to major brands, now building momentum in Australia with cross-market perspective and end-to-end delivery.

Manvi Duggal

Film Director, Creative Producer, Post-Production, +2

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Award-winning Creative Producer and Director with 9+ years’ experience across live-action, animation, design, commercial advertising, short films, branded content, and treatment development. Known for turning briefs and concepts into compelling visual stories with emotional depth, clear audience connection, and strong commercial awareness. Hands-on leader across pre-production, on-set execution, and post-production—shaping visual worlds, guiding talent and teams, and balancing storytelling integrity with brand intent. Global award recognition across short films and commercial exposure to major brands, now building momentum in Australia with cross-market perspective and end-to-end delivery.…Award-winning Creative Producer and Director with 9+ years’ experience across live-action, animation, design, commercial advertising, short films, branded content, and treatment development. Known for turning briefs and concepts into compelling visual stories with emotional depth, clear audience connection, and strong commercial awareness. Hands-on leader across pre-production, on-set execution, and post-production—shaping visual worlds, guiding talent and teams, and balancing storytelling integrity with brand intent. Global award recognition across short films and commercial exposure to major brands, now building momentum in Australia with cross-market perspective and end-to-end delivery.

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Award-winning Creative Producer and Director with 9+ years’ experience across live-action, animation, design, commercial advertising, short films, branded content, and treatment development. Known for turning briefs and concepts into compelling visual stories with emotional depth, clear audience connection, and strong commercial awareness.

Hands-on leader across pre-production, on-set execution, and post-production—shaping visual worlds, guiding talent and teams, and balancing storytelling integrity with brand intent. Global award recognition across short films and commercial exposure to major brands, now building momentum in Australia with cross-market perspective and end-to-end delivery.

Skills

Experience Level

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

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Expert

Intermediate

Intermediate

Intermediate

Intermediate

Intermediate

Intermediate

Intermediate

Language

English

Fluent

Hindi

Fluent

Panjabi, Punjabi

Advanced

Work Experience

Founder / Creative Treatment Consultant at Treatment Tale

January 1, 2024 - Present

Founded a specialist creative development practice producing treatment notes, visual decks, and presentation materials that shape creative direction and visual identity for commercial and screen-based projects. Create treatment notes translating early-stage ideas into concept, tone, mood, storytelling approach, and on-screen style. Develop polished creative materials including moodboards, storyboards, visual references, and setting/location context to align stakeholders from concept through production planning. Produced 150+ visual decks for major global brands including Bumble, LinkedIn, Netflix, Samsung, Schweppes, Spotify, and Vogue through agency engagements (e.g., Leo Burnett, Ogilvy).

Director, Advertising & Branded Content (Freelance/Project Based)

January 1, 2023 - January 1, 2024

Directed TVCs and branded content projects with end-to-end ownership of creative vision, campaign interpretation, and visual delivery. Developed campaign concepts, narrative direction, and visual approaches to deliver brand-led storytelling with strong audience impact. Led production teams and collaborated across cinematography, design, talent, and post-production to ensure alignment with creative intent across pre-production to final output.

Associate Advertising Director / Co-Director (Freelance)

January 1, 2021 - January 1, 2023

Worked across 30+ production houses supporting high-volume, fast-turnaround advertising campaigns, often delivering 7 to 8 advertisements per month with typical five-day end-to-end turnarounds. Contributed across ideation, scripting, and creative/execution support while playing a lead creative role across 250+ advertising productions. Supported campaigns connected to brands including Google, Amazon, Cetaphil, and NBA within agency ecosystems (e.g., Ogilvy, Leo Burnett, Endemol, VML). Secured repeat engagements through referrals and sustained reputation with directors and producers.

Co-Founder / Creative Head at Parivartan Pictures

January 1, 2018 - January 1, 2021

Co-founded and helped scale a production house delivering advertising, digital, and branded content across commercial, education, government, and real estate-focused work. Contributed to creative direction and supported end-to-end production planning including budgeting, timelines, client coordination, sales/marketing, and delivery. Operated in a startup environment with tight budgets and evolving client needs, strengthening business operations capability alongside creative leadership.

Assistant Director at Amol Gupte Productions

January 1, 2017 - January 1, 2018

Supported acclaimed filmmaker Amol Gupte on the feature film 'Saina' in a structured film environment. Assisted with script coordination, research, visual planning, scheduling, and wider pre-production processes. Conducted detailed biographical and timeline research to support factual accuracy. Used Celtx to break scripts into scenes and structured production components. Assisted with recce, location planning, visual framing considerations, and on-set coordination; also gained post-production exposure through collaboration.