Michael Gupta is an Australian-Indian director and screenwriter based at Photoplay in Sydney, with US West and East Coast sales contacts. His commercials center on character-first human stories—family, connection, and performance. Most visible recent work is Google Australia’s “Just Ask Google” / “Search Their World” hero for 72andSunny (July 2025), a parent–teen K-pop film that uses Google Lens, AI Overviews and Circle To Search as tools of care. Other evidenced spots include Panadol “70 Years” (Leo Burnett / Haleon), My Muscle Chef “Life Keeps Coming” (Thinkerbell; AWARD Craft|Editing finalist), Simparica for Ogilvy, Porter’s Original Paints “Live Boldly” / “Paint with Heart and Soul” (Thinkerbell, 2023), Asics “Quantum,” Rebel Father’s Day, Glen20, Red Balloon, Western Sydney Wanderers, Melbourne Business School, Forbes, YES23, Dylan Alcott Foundation x Rexona “Not Done Yet,” and Google/CSIRO “The Reef.” Photoplay’s bio also names Nike, Samsung and Rexona. Parallel Winter Swim music videos earned CICLOPE APAC Gold (2023 MV; roster also states 2026 Gold), with “Exchange” shot on 35mm and “Easy” cited for co-dependent family narrative. He was nominated SHOTS Asia New Director of the Year and AWARD Emerging Director in 2023, and named to the 1.4 Awards ‘On The Cusp’ list in 2021.