- Height5′ 9″ (1.75 m)
- Aadip Desai is an Indian American television writer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist whose work includes the International Emmy-nominated series Sharkdog, the TCA-nominated Mira, Royal Detective, and DreamWorks’ Dew Drop Diaries. He was selected for the inaugural U.S. cohort of BAFTA Breakthrough for his work as a staff writer on The Goldbergs, where he co-wrote the show’s 150th episode.
Aadip is an alum of the Disney Television Writing Program, and previously trained at AFI’s Screenwriting MFA before departing early to join Disney. In addition to his work in television and film, he has worked as a music supervisor, voice actor, and comedian.
He is a member of the Writers Guild of America and BAFTA, and a former member of the Recording Academy. Aadip runs the 17,500-member LA TV Writers Group, serves as a Sundance Institute advisor, and has twice chaired the final jury for BAFTA Breakthrough U.S. He is also an experienced interviewer, panel moderator, podcast producer, and a frequent guest speaker/panelist at the WGA, CAPE, First Fifteen, Humanitas, Austin Film Festival, as well as AFI, LMU, NYU, USC, UCLA, and other film schools. He holds a BA in Economics with a minor in Music from the University of Puget Sound.
- IMDb mini biography by: Aadip Desai
- Gender / Gender identityMale
- Pronounshe/him
- Race / EthnicityAsian
- Nationality / Religious or Ethnic identityIndian
- Aadip appeared on Season 4 of Food Network's Worst Cooks in America with hosts/judges Bobby Flay and Anne Burrell. It was the network's highest-rated show that year..
- Aadip was the drummer for the infamous comedy-musical stage review The Spanglers, alongside Jamie Flam and Vanessa Ragland, the owners and artistic directors of noted comedy venue, Dynasty Typewriter.
- Aadip has opened for Cake, Branford Marsalis, Fourplay, Dave Wakeling's BANG! (The English Beat), Leuko (ex-Polecat), Okkervil River, and Gaelic Storm.
- Aadip has performed on over 20 recordings, including Gardner's New Dawning Time (Sub Pop), Sharpshooters' Twice as Nice (Light in the Attic), Knee-Deep in Telegrams by Juhu Beach, Juhu Beach Live on KEXP, and Pint O' Guinness' Extra Stout (Porcupine Records).
- Aadip is a multi-instrumentalist who plays trumpet/flugelhorn, drums,/tabla, guitar, as well as banjo, bass, French horn, harmonica, mandolin, piano, and ukulele.
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