Biography
Tarsem Singh Dhandwar, known professionally as Tarsem, is an Indian 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 w...
Known For
Complete Filmography
"I Will Revenge This World With Love" - S. Paradjanov
2024
as Himself
The author of the film decides to leave the country where she lives, in connection with the outbreak of the dramatic events, and return home to Armeni...
Dear Jassi
2023
Director, Producer
In 1996 Punjab, India, Canadian-born Jassi falls in love with Mithu, a rickshaw driver beneath her social status. Their attraction is pure and uncondi...
Self/less
2015
Director
An extremely wealthy elderly man dying from cancer undergoes a radical medical procedure that transfers his consciousness to the body of a healthy you...
Mirror Mirror
2012
Director
After she spends all her money, an evil enchantress queen schemes to marry a handsome, wealthy prince. There's just one problem - he's in love with a ...
Immortals
2011
Director
Theseus is a mortal man chosen by Zeus to lead the fight against the ruthless King Hyperion, who is on a rampage across Greece to obtain a weapon that...
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2008
Second Unit Director
Born under unusual circumstances, Benjamin Button springs into being as an elderly man in a New Orleans nursing home and ages in reverse. Twelve years...
The Fall
2006
Director, Screenplay, Producer
In a hospital on the outskirts of 1920s Los Angeles, an injured stuntman begins to tell a fellow patient, a little girl with a broken arm, a fantastic...
R.E.M.: In View 1988-2003 (The Best of R.E.M.)
2003
Director
In View: The Best Of R.E.M. 1988–2003 is a DVD featuring videos by the rock band R.E.M. during 1988–2003, released as a companion to the Warner Bros. ...
The Cell
2000
Director
A psychotherapist journeys inside a comatose serial killer in the hopes of saving his latest victim.
Nike: Good vs. Evil
1996
Director
In this commercial for Nike, a total eclipse of the sun occurs behind the ruins of an ancient coliseum. "And on that day, a dark warrior arose on the ...
The King of Ads, Part 2
1993
Director
Part II of a compilation movie featuring European T.V. commercials directed by a variety of well-known directors from across Europe and the U.S. Compi...
Nanda Devi
N/A
Director
During the height of the Cold War, the United States and India conspire to spy on China's nuclear detonations by installing a listening device at 25,0...
The Journeyman
N/A
Director
A struggling pro tennis player is lured into an illegal match-fixing ring to support his family and finds himself trapped in a ruthless world of corru...