Ashvin Kumar

Ashvin Kumar is an Indian filmmaker. He wrote, directed and produced India's only Oscar-nominated short film, Little Terrorist (2004), with his debut film Road to Ladakh being released in the same year. He also made the feature-length documentary films Inshallah, Kashmir (2012) and Inshallah Football (2010); feature-length thriller The Forest (2012); and coming-of-age tale Dazed in Doon (2010).

In 2005, Kumar became the youngest Indian writer/director to earn an Academy Award Oscar nomination. He is also the first Indian to be nominated at the European Film Academy with his film Little Terrorist.