Vamshi Paidipally is an Indian producer and screenwriter. He was born on July 27, 1979, in Telangana, India. He is best known for directing mainstream film works such as Munna (2007), Brindavanam (2010), Yevadu (2014), Oopiri (2016), and Maharshi (2019). Paidipally has won a National Film Award for Maharshi and a Filmfare Award for Oopiri. Paidipally began his film career by working as an assistant film director in the film Eeswar (2002). While working on the movie Bhadra (2005), producer Dil Raju offered to produce a film under his production house.

He subsequently made his directorial debut with Prabhas-starrer Munna (2009). It was an average venture at the box office. He later directed Brindavanam, starring NTR Jr which was a commercial success. It is followed by Yevadu (2014), featuring Ram Charan and Allu Arjun.

His 2016 Telugu-Tamil bilingual film Oopiri/Thozha, an adaptation of the French film The Intouchables (2011) starring Nagarjuna and Karthi was a critical and commercial success. The film won him his Filmfare Award for Best Director – Telugu. In 2019, he collaborated with actor Mahesh Babu for Maharshi. The film won National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment.

In September 2021, he was signed to direct Vijay’s 66th film produced by Dil Raju titled Varisu in Tamil and Varasudu in Telugu, and Vaaris in Hindi in which Allu Arjun will have a special cameo song appearance. Paidipally married Malini in 2007, and the couple has a daughter. They live in Hyderabad.