---
name: "Prashanth Venkataramanujam"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/prashanth-venkataramanujam"
fi1m_id: "prashanth-venkataramanujam"
imdb_id: "nm2992180"
tmdb_id: 2534629
wikidata_id: "Q62102597"
roles: ["Writer","Producer"]
born: "1 January 1987"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-21T01:36:44.896909+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Prashanth Venkataramanujam

## Identity

Prashanth Venkataramanujam

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/prashanth-venkataramanujam
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** prashanth-venkataramanujam
- **IMDb ID:** nm2992180
- **TMDB ID:** 2534629
- **Wikidata ID:** Q62102597
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prashanth_Venkataramanujam, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q62102597, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2992180/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2534629

Writer and producer. Born 1 January 1987 in Downers Grove, Illinois, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Producer
- **Born:** 1 January 1987, Downers Grove, Illinois, USA
- **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prashanth_Venkataramanujam, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q62102597, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2992180/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2534629

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Bait*](https://film.one/tv/bait-2026.md) (81)
- **Netflix:** [*Best of the Best*](https://film.one/film/best-of-the-best.md) (70)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Prashanth Venkataramanujam is a writer, producer and director. Born in Downers Grove, Illinois, to Tamil immigrant parents, he studied molecular and cellular biology at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign before moving into comedy and television.

He is best known as co-creator, head writer and executive producer of the Netflix series *Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj* (2018–2020). His other credits include staff writer on *Bill Nye Saves the World* (2017–2018), head writer for the 2017 White House Correspondents' Dinner, and producer on *The Fix with Jimmy Carr* (2018). He has received an Emmy nomination and a Peabody Award.

Venkataramanujam served as writer and supervising producer on the series *Bait* (2026). He is Chief Content Officer at 186K Films and has directed and produced stand-up specials including *Hasan Minhaj: The King's Jester* (2022).

*Sources: imdb.com, prashanthvenkataramanujam.com, nri.today.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Bait* (2026), Fi1m 81, Writer, Supervising Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/bait-2026.md)
- *Best of the Best* (2026), Fi1m 70, Writer, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/best-of-the-best.md)

## Complete filmography (4)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Best of the Best* (2026), Writer, Producer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/best-of-the-best.md)
- *Bait* (2026), series, Supervising Producer, Writer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/bait-2026.md)
- *Hasan Minhaj: Off with His Head* (2024), Executive Producer
- *Hasan Minhaj: The King's Jester* (2022), Director, Executive Producer

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