• Coffee Shop Names

    Directed by Deepak Sethi
    USA | 8 minutes |

Three Indian people imagine their personas as their "coffee shop names," the names they give baristas because their real names are hard to pronounce.

In competition for Best Comedy Short

film synopsis

film details

Director: Deepak Sethi
Producers: Valerie Steinberg
Screenwriter: Deepak Sethi
Cinematographers: Jack McDonald
Editor: Stephanie Kaznocha
Music: Michael Johnson, Chad Shlosser
Cast: Danny Pudi, Karan Soni, Kausar Mohammed, Anders Holm, Bob Stephenson
Country: USA
Language: English
Year: 2020
Running Time: 8 minutes
Awards: Soho House Award, Sun Valley Film Festival
Primary Company: Valerie Steinberg Productions
Website: https://www.valeriesteinberg.com/coffeeshopnames

director biography

Deepak Sethi has over a decade of experience writing for primetime television, including as a staff writer on Family Guy, Brickleberry, and TBS' Close Enough. He's also worked on Cuckoo, an NBC pilot, with director Peter Farrelly, and most recently punched up the script for India Sweets and Spices, the next feature film from the Crazy Rich Asians producers, Sidney Kimmel Entertainment. Additionally, Deepak performs stand-up comedy and is a regular feature at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas.

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