Akash Sherman is a Canadian film director.
[1] Sherman was born and raised in Edmonton, Alberta, where his parents were a doctor and a pharmacist.
[3] In 2015, after a year of school, he sold the script and dropped out to make the film, claiming that doing so was his education.
[2] On September 10, 2018, CBC News quoted him at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival saying Clara's premiere "felt like graduation".
When Seth Needle of Screen Media Films acquired the US streaming rights for Clara, he called Sherman "one of the best young filmmakers to watch today".