Rahul Vijay
Writer / Director
Rahul Vijay is a writer and director who traded a career in computer engineering for the art and craft of screenwriting. This unique path gives him a distinct perspective: he approaches the architecture of storytelling with the analytical mind of a programmer, but explores his characters with the comedic timing and deep vulnerability honed over a decade as a stand-up and improv comedian.
That journey—from a practical, immigrant upbringing to a creative life—informs everything he writes. He tells character-driven dramedies about people caught between conflicting worlds, exploring themes of identity, family, and the messy, often hilarious, search for where you belong. His work has been recognized as a Quarterfinalist in both the Academy Nicholl Fellowship and the Final Draft Big Break Contest.
He is always interested in connecting with fellow creators and collaborators.
My Screenplays:
Feature: abracaSTABra
Horror/ Comedy
A neurodivergent woman leaves her abusive husband for an undead magician who actually gets her.
Pre-Production.
Feature: Sleeper
Action / Comedy
A hungover, absent-minded terrorist oversleeps and misses the flight he was supposed to blow up, forcing him to travel cross-country with an unlikely stranger to salvage his plan.
Quarterfinalist, Nicholl Fellowship, 2024. Quarterfinalist, Final Draft Big Break, 2024.
Screenplay by request.
Feature: Some Assembly Required
Drama / Comedy
An anxious Indian-American teenager desperately wants to fit in with his coworkers at a big-box toy store and get his immigrant parents off his back.
Screenplay by request.
Pilot: Welcome Back, Loser
Comedy / Drama
A cocky, 30-something investment banker loses his lavish lifestyle overnight when a bizarre administrative error forces him—and his entire former graduating class—back to high school, forcing him to confront the nerdy, unpopular past he spent a decade trying to bury .
Screenplay by request.
Pilot: Amadeus Bushtit
Comedy / Drama
In the cutthroat Denver music scene, the members of the not-quite-hit band "Amadeus Bushtit" navigate petty theft, crippling self-doubt, and on-stage meltdowns as they chase a fleeting chance at rock-and-roll glory.
Screenplay by request.