Avi Pattnaik is a banker turned filmmaker, pursuing his passion in the city of dreams, Mumbai. Deeply influenced by the surrealist cinema of Lynch and Jodorowsky, he strives to spearhead a movement in Sci-Fi, Surrealism, Horror and Thriller in Indian Cinema and leave behind an oeuvre that would withstand the test of time and accord him a place in the pantheon of Cult Filmmakers.
At present Avi is developing his maiden streaming TV Series for a Mumbai based production house while freelancing as a Script Writer and training in Virtual Production.