Param gill

Param Gill
Residence	Hollywood, California, US
Occupation	Film director Film producer Screenwriter
Years active	2009–present

Param Gill is an award-winning American film director and writer of Indian origin, known for directing films which tackle diverse themes. He is active in Hollywood and Bollywood film industry and has won numerous awards for his films. His latest film, Going to America, was released by AMC theaters on 28 August 2015 and was distributed on Home Video/VOD by Sony Pictures. Gill received mixed reviews from critics with Atlas and Aeris praising the film but was panned by other critics.

Gill made history, and became first director in the world to premiere his Hollywood film, Last Supper (released in theaters as Going to America), and Bollywood film, Death of Amar, over the same weekend at a film festival in San Francisco . The movies competed against each other and went on to win multiple awards, including best director with a cash prize of US$100,000. Gill was born at Moga, Punjab, and his father was a farmer. He was penniless when he came to United States in May 2001 and worked nights at a gas station in New Jersey. Gill received a joint master's degree from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and the New Jersey Institute of Technology in 2003 and received a diploma in film-making from New York Film Academy in 2005. He practiced dentistry in Modesto and founded Gill Dental Dental Group with multiple locations in Northern California until he completely transitioned to films.

Gill made his directorial debut in 2009 with the Hollywood film Rockin' Meera', starring Terrence Quaites, Sonu Sood, Nauheed Cyrusi, Debra Wilson and Sayaji Shinde. Although the film was well promoted and had a decent opening at the box office, it failed commercially since it was released only on limited screens. Rockin' Meera collected a million dollars from just about 15 prints spread on 45 screens over a period of 3 months, which was way short of its $1.5 million budget. The film found critical acclaim in the festival circuit and played at Independent Black film festival, South Asian film festival, Sweet Auburn film festival and many others. The movie soundtrack was composed by Will Storkson and Satish-Ajay. The soundtrack featured Sukhwinder Singh, Shaan, Sunidhi Chauhan, Terrence Quaites and Tatyana Ali.

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