Tarsem Singh Dhandwar

Tarsem Singh Dhandwar, known professionally as Tarsem, is an Indian-American director who has worked on films, music videos, and commercials.Tarsem was born in Jalandhar, Punjab to a Punjabi Sikh family. His father was an aircraft engineer. He is a graduate of the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California.Tarsem began his career directing music videos, including those of Hold On by En Vogue, Sweet Lullaby by Deep Forest and R.E.M.s smash hit Losing My Religion, the latter of which won Best Video of the Year at the 1991 MTV Video Music Awards. He has directed dozens of commercials for brands such as Nike and Coca-Cola. Tarsems feature film directorial debut was The Cell (2000), starring Jennifer Lopez.In 2003, Tarsem directed one of the most elaborate Pepsi commercials to date. It combined a gladiator theme with Queens We Will Rock You. The commercial starred Enrique Iglesias in the version of the commercial aired in Europe and North America and Amr Diab in the version aired in the Arab world.Tarsems second film, The Fall, debuted at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival and was released theatrically in the United States in 2008. His third film was 2011s Immortals. He directed an adaptation of the Brothers Grimm story of Snow White, called Mirror Mirror (2012).

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