Fagun — From medicine to cinema. From the human brain to the human heart.

From medicine to cinema.
From the human brain to the human heart.

AINeuroscienceFounderFilmmakerBAFTA NewcomerYoung Global Leader, World Economic Forum

Fagun is a founder and critically acclaimed filmmaker working where artificial intelligence, neuroscience and storytelling meet. Trained in medicine and neuroscience at UCL, she leads The Purpose Movie Studio, is directing Superpower: AI In Our Lifetime, and is building a new venture in AI and human health.

Starred alongside Academy Award winnersCannesVeniceTIFF

As featured in BBCForbesVogueThe TimesThe Hollywood Reporter

Act I · Now

What She’s Building

In production

Superpower: AI In Our Lifetime

Intelligence beyond our own is arriving in our lifetime. This film asks what happens to ours. Filmed with pioneers of AI and brain-computer interfaces.

Soon to be revealed

A New Venture

Fagun is building at the intersection of AI and human health — bringing medicine and neuroscience to the next generation of health technology.

Behind the Camera

Act II · Her Story

From Medicine to the Screen

Fagun studied medicine at University College London, specialising in neuroscience. An ITV News feature on her straight-A academic record led to an audition — and her film debut.

She went on to win the BBC’s nationwide search for acting talent against tens of thousands, train in classical acting at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, perform Shakespeare and Chekhov on stage, and star alongside Academy Award winners.

Then she stepped behind the camera, trained as a director and, while studying at Cambridge, founded The Purpose Movie Studio from her research there. Today she brings it all together: medicine, neuroscience, cinema and artificial intelligence.

Cambridge UniversityUniversity College LondonRoyal Central School of Speech and DramaUniversity of the Arts London

MedicineNeuroscienceClassical ActingFilm DirectingMBA

Act III · Films

Cinema With a Purpose

Founder & CEO, The Purpose Movie Studio

Films on the biggest questions of our time: the mind, technology, and the future of humanity.

In Production

Superpower: AI In Our Lifetime

A feature documentary on AI and the future of the human mind.

In Development

Mind, Meditation & the Brain

Neuroscience meets ancient practice: meditation as scientifically validated training for the mind.

In Development

H2O: The Last Resource

A feature on water scarcity, told through lives around the world that depend on every drop.

Act IV · Impact

Beyond the Screen

From the World Economic Forum to global health summits, Fagun is a voice in the rooms shaping the future — on artificial intelligence, brain health, and the wellbeing of women and children.

Young Global Leader · World Economic ForumGlobal Ambassador · The Women’s Brain ProjectFounder · The Creatively Inspired Life Foundation

In collaboration with the United NationsThe King’s FoundationWorld Health OrganizationAmnesty InternationalUNICEF

Act V · Moments