Bharat Nalluri Signs With Rain Management
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- Bharat Nalluri has signed with Rain for management, with WME, Independent Talent Group, and RGM Artists continuing to rep him.
- Nalluri has directed 14 pilots and first episodes for major international productions and first gained international recognition directing the pilot of BBC's Spooks (MI-5), which helped launch Matthew Macfadyen's career.
- Nalluri launched series including Shantaram for Apple TV, Life on Mars, Hustle, Torchwood, The 100, and the anthology series Little America.
- Nalluri earned a Primetime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Directing for HBO's Tsunami: The Aftermath.
- Boy Swallows Universe, directed by Nalluri for Netflix, won a record 12 Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards, including Best Miniseries and Best Direction.
- Nalluri is currently directing Flavia: Girl Detective, the feature adaptation of Alan Bradley's mystery novels distributed in the U.S. by Magenta Light.
- Nalluri directed the feature films Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (starring Frances McDormand and Amy Adams) and The Man Who Invented Christmas (starring Dan Stevens and Christopher Plummer).
Why it matters: The Rain signing puts a versatile TV pilot specialist with a Emmy nomination and a record-setting Australian drama in active rotation for new series opportunities. With Flavia: Girl Detective in production, Nalluri's next project pipeline becomes a concrete selling point for streamers shopping prestige limited series, particularly given his track record launching unknown talent like Macfadyen.
