Udayan Prasad is primarily a film-maker who has been directing documentaries, television drama and feature films over the past forty years. His feature films include Brothers In Trouble, My Son The Fanatic, and The Yellow Handkerchief. For television his numerous credits include 102 Boulevard Haussman and Talking Heads 2: Playing Sandwiches by Alan Bennett along with They Never Slept, Running Late and Femme Fatale by Simon Gray. He has also directed episodes of The Tunnel, The Musketeers, Selection Day and Becoming Elizabeth.
A Long Way Down is his debut novel.