[1][2] He has directed and written films like Issaq and Dil Dosti Etc.
[4] Manish Tiwary studied Zoology at Hindu College in Delhi University.
Manish worked for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in Rome, Nepal and India and has published articles concerning political ecology in the Economic and Political Weekly of India.
His monograph titled, Participatory Forest Policies and Politics in India: Joint Forest Management Institutions in Jharkhand and West Bengal was published by Ashgate, UK.
[6][7] Manish directed two films, Dil Dosti Etc and Issaq, in a gap of six years.