Amyn Kaderali
director-writer

The best word one could use to describe Amyn’s upbringing would be: unique. As one of the few Indian-Americans in a mostly white Bay Area suburb with parents who were raised in Tanzania and Scotland, it was not unusual for Amyn to hear Swahili spoken at home while his Scottish grandmother made Indian curries alongside “shepherd’s pie.”  This one-of-a-kind childhood produced an adaptable young man open to a variety of cultural perspective and experiences, eager to tell stories that offer an original viewpoint on life. 

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Amyn has sought out unique and diverse experiences ever since. Whether filming talented streetball players in America’s ghettos, mentoring at-risk teens in New York or venturing to the far corners of the earth to document the lives of the world’s least fortunate children in India, Nepal and Kenya, Amyn knows these journeys “off the beaten path” have made him a better writer and a more compassionate person. 

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After getting his bachelor’s degree at UCLA, Amyn received his MFA in Directing at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts Graduate Film Program. He made his mark with “Little Man,” which garnered awards worldwide, including Best Short Film at the Slamdance Film Festival. He followed this up with “Take The A Train,” starring Kerry Washington (“Scandal”), which won a Kodak Cinematic Images Award, and the outsourcing comedy, “Call Center,” a viral Internet hit.

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Since New York, Amyn has always strived to tell stories that matter by drawing on his own personal experiences. His feature film, Kissing Cousins, a provocative romantic comedy inspired by his own family dynamics, won the Audience Choice Award at the Asian American Int’l Film Festival. “The Other Side” for PBS/ITVS’s Futurestates series  delved into the controversial issue of illegal immigration. 

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Amyn was honored to be a 2010 Disney/ABC Directing Fellow, which led to the opportunity to direct ABC’s “Private Practice.”  He later completed the Warner Brothers Television Directors Workshop and in 2016 directed his first episode of “Supernatural.” He has since directed nine episodes of the show as well as a first season episode of “Charmed” and a final season episode of “The 100.” In addition, Amyn recently wrote the Christmas rom-com “The Holiday Calendar,” which premiered on Netflix in 2018 and wrote and directed “Grounded for Christmas” for Lifetime and Mar Vista Entertainment, which premiered Winter 2019. In 2021, Amyn directed three episodes of the CW series "Walker" as well as "Animal Kingdom" for TNT and "The Resident" for Fox. Two films he wrote, "A Kindhearted Christmas" and "A Lot Like Christmas" premiered Winter 2021 on GAC Family. Most recently, Amyn directed "The Winchesters," The Resident," "Walker," and "Grey's Anatomy." 

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Amyn is a member of the Directors Guild of America, the Writers Guild of America, and the Writers Guild of Canada.