Dinesh Raut[1][2][3][4] (born 1975) is a Nepali film writer, director,[5][6] producer and songwriter, He is known for I Am Sorry, November Rain, Classic, Parva, Prasad, and Prakash .

Raut started his career at the age of 14 as a Theater Artist and later he worked as an assistant director in movie “Mero Euta Sathi Cha” before moving into directing.

Raut's recent release was “Parva” (2017) starring Koshish Chettri, Namrata Shrestha which also became a huge success in thriller genre.

He has also won Nepal Rural Film Festival (NERUFF) - 2023 Jury award for movie “Prakash”, Spiny Babaaler International Film Festival (SBIFF) - 2023 Best director feature film from movie “Prakash” also won Pim Nepal Film Festival - 2022 Best director award for movie “Prakash”.

He has written lyrics for his own movies like all songs for November Rain, Kale Dai from Parva, Hare Hare from Classic as well as provided the lyrics for many other movies like Bir Bikram, Happy Days and so on.