K.D. Satyam (born 29 December 1977) is an Indian film writer and director. He is known for his work as the writer of Gattu, a film that became a part of the list of India’s Oscar Nominations in 2012. His next film as director is titled Bollywood Diaries and is scheduled to release in February 2016.
Satyam was born in Bhilai and graduated from Annamalai University in 2000. He then got a master's degree in Film Direction from Zee Institute of Media Arts and created short-films like Colours of Cinema and Hell or Heaven before starting his career in Bollywood.
Satyam started his Bollywood journey as a Making Director for Fox, which was directed by Deepak Tijori and featured Sunny Deol and Arjun Rampal in lead roles. His directorial debut was Admissions Open casting Anupam Kher and Ashish Vidyarthi with music by Amit Trivedi. After that, he wrote Gattu that was directed by Rajan Khosa and produced by the Children's Film Society of India (CFSI).
His next film as writer and director is Bollywood Diaries with Raima Sen, Ashish Vidyarthi and Salim Diwan in title roles.
His film Gattu was awarded at the Berlin Film Festival and won another two awards at the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles.