I make movies that move people.
I'm an actor's director. I know how to get a real performance out of people. But that's one piece of it. I care about all of it: the image, the sound, the cut, and how it comes together to make you feel something. Character-driven films that are built to reach a wide audience.
Tribeca Film Festival
IFC Films
AFM Pitch Winner
UCLA Extension Faculty
Chapman MBA / MFA
About
Venk Potula makes character-driven films built to move a wide audience.
An actor's director, Venk, came up performing, which is why he knows how to pull a real performance. But that's one instrument. He cares just as much about the image, the sound, and the cut, and how all of it comes together to make an audience feel something.
As a director, his short films have played more than 25 festivals - including the award-winning Woke (Urbanworld, CAAM Fest) and There's Something To It (Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival). He produced and starred in FOUR SAMOSAS, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and was released theatrically by IFC Films. NAMASLAY, his second feature as producer under his Khrisp Entertainment banner, releases theatrically August 6th, 2026.
Venk won the AFM Pitch Competition, teaches at UCLA Extension, and holds a dual MBA/MFA from Chapman University. Raised in Atlanta, he's based in Los Angeles.
Selected Work - Director
Don’t Leave Me Now
Short Film · Director
A revealing voicemail ignites a fragile love triangle between a man and the two friends who know him best...the one from his past and the one from his present.
Selected Work - Producer
Namaslay
Feature Film · Produced By Venk Potula
A new masala feature film from Junghal Studios and Khrisp Entertainment.
Theatrical Release set for August 2026.
Four Samosas
Feature Film · Producer · Lead Actor.
A heist comedy steeped in the culture, humor, and chaos of Artesia, California's South Asian community.
Tribeca 2022. IFC Films. Hulu / Disney + / Tubi.
From Khrisp Entertainment.
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Four Samosas
Masala Jones
Woke
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