Displaced from his home in the Middle East due to the first Gulf War, director VINEET DEWAN is committed to telling visceral and authentic stories about characters caught in the midst of changing worlds. Dewan graduated from Westminster School in London and Yale University. After attending the first Tribeca Film Festival, Vineet was inspired to pursue his passion for filmmaking at the USC School of Cinematic Arts where he made his award-winning short "Clear Cut, Simple." Dewan was selected by Filmmaker Magazine as one of "25 New Faces of Independent Film" to watch. He is currently writing a feature film for Imagine Entertainment and Universal Pictures and intends to direct his Nicholl-winning debut feature script "Sand Dogs."