Nepalaya Production

Dana is a New York City-based Partner and Director of International Relations for Nepalaya. She received her BFA in Film & Television studies in Tel Aviv University and has worked in Television production all over the world. Dana considers Nepal her second home, is passionate about the Himalayas, and has extensive knowledge of how to coordinate and manage foreign productions in Nepal. She has been working together with Kiran Shrestha since 1997 on countless projects in Nepal. These projects include TV sitcoms, TV series, documentary films, commercial campaigns, and photo shoots. In addition to her work at Nepa~laya, Dana has also been a producer, associate producer, and researcher on projects for the French/German channel ARTE, National Geographic channel, Travel Channel, History Channel, A&E Biography, Discovery Channel, PBS, McCann Erickson, and Grey- Israel ad agencies.

Amrit is an explorer and has travelled extensively across Nepal on foot. Our access to his photo archives, experience and knowledge on Nepal’s culture, Landscape and Heritage is a great asset for Nepalaya when researching for projects. He is a poet, composer, singer, filmmaker and an avid explorer. Amrit Gurung is a well known musician in Nepal. He is the front man of Nepal’s foremost band Nepathya.

Suresh is an experienced Director of Photography.  His hands on experience from the UMATUC era to BETA and now to HD has won him praises in Nepal and beyond. He began his career as a DP in Nepal’s National Television.  Suresh has independently filmed various International productions, and continues to work with Nepalaya on a regular basis.

Kiran heads Nepalaya in all its streams –  Foreign production, publication work, music management, and event management. He has extensive experience with A/V production and has produced over 400 episodes of weekly TV shows on Nature, Culture, Heritage and Lifestyle for Young Asia Television, an International TV production network based in Sri Lanka. He has also worked as a Radio presenter  for Kantipur FM, one of Nepal’s most popular radio stations. Kiran has filmed, directed and produced multiple independent documentaries which include – the award winning Bhedako Oon Jasto… “In search of a song”.                            

Girish has practiced print journalism in Nepal for over a decade.  He specializes in Cultural Affairs. He is a filmmaker by passion.  Has two independent films to his credit including an award winning one titled – “Team Nepal”. He has worked as a local producer  for Nepalaya on multiple projects including National Geographic’s Taboo series, several episodes for HGTV, and 2 episodes for the Dutch public channel BNN.

Arpan comes from a Media Background. He began his career with Nepal’s National Radio and continued as an English News anchor on Nepal TV for 10 years. He also worked as a producer with Young Asia TV for several years, during which he produced video reports on issues related to Nature, Culture, Heritage and Lifestyle. Arpan works as the executive producer for all international productions Nepalaya handles.

Alka wears many hats but specifically heads the operations department of Nepalaya. She makes sure it all falls together coordinating communication within the various departments in the office.

Shashi Shyam Sharma is in charge of production accounts and field logistics at Nepalaya. He has hands on experience with dealing in varied production conditions and has been trained to work in the best and worst of conditions.