Danish Renzu

Danish Renzu is an Indian born Los Angeles based film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is also the founder of Renzu Films. Renzu is best known for directing and producing films like Half Widow, The Illegal, and Songs of Paradise featuring Saba Azad, Soni Razdan, Taaruk Raina, Lillete Dubey, which released worldwide one Prime Video on August 29, 2025.

Renzu has received numerous accolades, his film The illegal as a writer and director was shortlisted for nominations for the Best Picture Category at the Academy Awards 2019. In 2005, he shifted to Los Angeles for further studies, where he graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles. He holds a degree in Electrical Engineering and UCLA Writers' Program certification in screenwriting from the same university. He worked at AT&T for five years before he made the drastic career change.

Career Renzu started directing short movies in 2015. He directed two short films In Search of America, Inshallah (2014) and First Love (2015). His first feature film Half Widow was released in 2017 and narrates the story of a woman searching for her husband against the backdrop of the Kargil War. His second directorial film was The illegal (2019) starring Suraj Sharma of Oscar-winning film Life of Pi, Shweta Tripathi, and Adil Hussain. The film was shortlisted for nominations for the Best Picture Category at the Academy Awards 2019.

He also directed and produced the music video Ae Savere starring Soni Razdan and Taha Shah Badussha which traces a life of a Kashmiri Pandit woman returning to Kashmir. It was very well received. His recent award-winning short films The Good News and My Father's Doctor are both streaming on JioCinema.

His film Songs of Paradise released in August 2025 produced by Excel Entertainment.

Recently Renzu announced his Music label, Renzu Music representing many Kashmiri artists with an intention to create a platform for artists in the valley.

Filmography Year Film Director Writer Notes 2025 Songs of Paradise 2014 In Search of America, Inshallah

Awards and recognition