Anupam Sharma is an Australian film director, actor, film producer, and author of Indian origin. Sharma has been widely acknowledged by Australian and Indian media as a producer who pioneered films links between India and Australia since 1997. Sharma was appointed as an Australia Day Ambassador and named one of the fifty most influential professionals in the Australian film industry (Encore Magazine). He is best known for producing Bollywood films filmed in Australia, including Dil Chahta Hai and Heyy Babyy. He is the director of the Australian feature film unIndian, starring Australian cricketer Brett Lee, released in 2015. In 2014 the film was announced by Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott. As a director apart from unINDIAN he has also directed Indian Aussies (Terms & Conditions Apply), NSW Tourism Ad Campaign, Intellectual Property Awareness Foundation anti-piracy campaign and award-winning Australian feature documentary The Run. Personal life Anupam Sharma was born in Ajmer, in the Indian state of Rajasthan. He attended high school at St. Joseph Academy in Dehradun, after which he moved to Australia to pursue a bachelor's degree in film. He followed his bachelor's degree with a master's degree in Films & Theatre from the University of New South Wales, where he wrote his thesis on Indian Cinema with Distinction. He is married with two children. Career Anupam Sharma was involved with a series of film and theatre projects in Sydney until he met Feroz Khan in 1998. In 2000, he founded Films and Casting Temple, an award-winning film production, casting and consulting company based from Fox Studios, Sydney, working on more than 275 films, television and advertising projects between India and Australia in 20 years. With the support of Ausfilm, state agencies and companies such as Atlab (now Deluxe), Cutting Edge and The Post Lounge, he started seminars in India, to inform filmmakers about how to use Australian locations and production services in their films. The Australia-India Film, Arts, Media, and Entertainment Council was formed in Sydney at the end of 2003, under the umbrella of the Australia-India Business Council. The council is headed by Anupam Sharma and enjoys significant co-operation from AusFilm and several state film agencies. In 2003 Sharma line produced Janasheen. In 2001, Anupam Sharma consulted on the Art Department of Baz Luhrmann, 'Moulin Rouge' starring Nicole Kidman on Indian elements. Sharma was the Australian Line producer for Heyy Babyy, which was shot in Sydney and