Biography
Kevin M. Couto has 17+ years of experience in fiction and non-fiction television programming. Formerly a shippie, he traded the high seas in 2008 to follow his true passion: storytelling.
Beginning his career as an Assistant Producer at Channel [V], three years later he went on to lead the creative team for Branded Content & IP at Disney UTV. His skill at creating custom-designed content for brands like Dell Inspiron, Tata Docomo, Royal Enfield, Tourism Authority Of Thailand, Blackberry, Nestlé and Schwarzkopf, among many others, made his team one of the most successful in the business.
Kevin next moved to fiction programming, as a freelance Creative Director with a slew of production houses. He’s also helmed the critically acclaimed crime anthological series Gumrah (which has been credited with spawning the trend of episodic fiction shows among the YEC’s) for Balaji Telefilms.
He then began directing long-format fiction, and has a reel that includes flagship shows for Channel [V], SET, Bindass, &TV, Colors, MTV, and Discovery Jeet, as well as migrated content that he’s written/directed on most major digital platforms i.e. Netflix, JioCinema, Hotstar, Zee5, Voot, SonyLIV, and Discovery+.
He’s also produced an eclectic mix of fashion films, live music, corporate films, cover shoots and music videos under his banner - Full Tilt Films.
Writing became a passion along the way. First as a means to infuse the material he was already supervising/directing with his distinctive personal touch, and later to experiment with ideas that seemed worthwhile exploring in and of themselves. Over the last 4 years within the fiction sphere, he’s written a spec feature script, two spec series - one with Amit Masurkar (Sherni, 2021) and the other optioned by Excel Entertainment, and co-written the Telugu series 11th Hour that currently streams on Aha Video! and features actress Tamannah Bhatia in the lead.
A dynamic professional with a genre-bending portfolio that ranges crime thrillers, teen-angst, romance, horror, dramedy, travelogue, fashion, music and reality television; Kevin is known for his immersive style, keen exploration of characters, dramatic set pieces and exacting attention to detail. His ability to preserve the relatable within the fantastic and vice versa, lends the stories he tells an uncommon mix of lightness and depth.
