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Sekhar Kammula is an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer, known for his works in Telugu cinema. His first film, Dollar Dreams was a critical success, and won him the National Film Award for best debutant director. He has won six Andhra Pradesh state Nandi Awards.In 2011, Sekhar was among the director\'s delegation to represent Indian Cinema at the Cannes Film Festival.

Sekhar was schooled at St. Patrick\'s High School, Secunderabad. He completed his intermediate studies from St. Alphonsa\'s and graduated with a Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering from Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology.

He later went to the United States of America to pursue a Graduate degree in Computer Sciences at New Jersey. After a brief stint in the IT industry, he enrolled in the MFA program at Howard University, Washington,

His second film, Anand, was a blockbuster in 2004. His next film, Godavari, was praised by critics, but was a moderate success. Happy Days, which was released on September 28, 2007, was declared a smash hit. It was remade in Tamil and Kannada. He was a writer for Tamil version which was released in 2010. He then directed Leader released on 19 February 2010 to positive reviews. His new venture \"Life is Beautiful\" is a box office hit too with lots of positive feedback.