Akaash Tumuluri

Filmmaker, photographer, and tinkerer from Milwaukee, WI.

Based in Los Angeles, CA.

Utilizing emerging technologies such as virtual reality, motion-capture, Unreal Engine, and select A.I. workflows to tell a variety of stories reacting to and rooted in the changing nature of the pursuit of the American Dream.

Currently the Lead Producer for the Ganek Immersive Studio at the USC School of Cinematic Arts.

Virtual Reality

Phosphorescence

Director // 2025 Fall
VR Short Film // Houdini // USD // Unreal Engine

A lone scientist sent on a solo research mission to Jupiter’s moon Ganymede encounters an alien substance that forces him to reckon with his own humanity.

A collaboration with Ganek Studio Director Jordan Halsey proving the efficacy of a real-time 3D pipeline through Universal Scene Description for XR.

COMING FALL 2025

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A Larger Living Space

Producer // April 2025
VR Short Film // Live-Action // Houdini // Nuke

When a man living in a tiny shoebox apartment meets a girl he wants to impress, he buys an experimental new product called “Space Solutionz” in an attempt to upgrade his tiny living quarters. He quickly finds the results of this “solution” are much more than he bargained for.

PENDING FESTIVAL SUBMISSION

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Elevator

Producer // April 2025
VR Short Film // Live-Action

When two clubbers follow a mysterious invitation to an underground party, their evening descends into a nightmare.

PENDING FESTIVAL SUBMISSIONS

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Film

Califoreclosed

Writer, Director, Sound Designer // 2024
Traditional Short Film // 15m

While lying to her family about living out of her car, an aspiring architect on the verge of graduation fights with a heavyweight architect she admires to land her first job.

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