
Desh Amila
CEO at This Is 42 & Think Tickets
Desh Amila is a documentary filmmaker and serial entrepreneur. His first documentary, Islam: Future of Tolerance featuring Sam Harris and Maajid Nawaz, became the #1 iTunes download worldwide during its release in 2018, and can be found on Amazon Prime.
Think Inc. sold over 350,000 tickets to events in Australia and New Zealand in a few years time span. The event company’s first debut was a conference held in Melbourne, featuring speakers such as astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, historian of science Michael Shermer, political activist Dr Cornel West, and the late social-political critic Christopher Hitchens.
- Consulting Services
- Event Manage
- 📍Sydney, AUS
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- Philosophy, religion, politics
- Controversial topics: feminism, black lives matter, Hip-Hop, Sneakers.
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Desh Amila is a documentary filmmaker and serial entrepreneur. His first documentary, Islam: Future of Tolerance featuring Sam Harris and Maajid Nawaz, became the #1 iTunes download worldwide (Documentary Category) during its release in 2018, and can be found on Amazon Prime.
In 2011 Amila founded Think Inc. a first of its kind ‘edutainment’ company that tours intellectuals throughout Australia and New Zealand. The event company’s first debut was a conference held in Melbourne, featuring speakers such as astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, historian of science Michael Shermer, political activist Dr Cornel West, and the late social-political critic Christopher Hitchens. In 2018, Amila sold Think Inc. and launched a new events and media company, This Is 42.

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Desh Amila
CEO at This Is 42
- Consulting Services
- Event Management
- 📍Sydney, AUS
Desh Amila is a documentary filmmaker and serial entrepreneur. His first documentary, Islam: Future of Tolerance featuring Sam Harris and Maajid Nawaz, became the #1 iTunes download worldwide during its release in 2018, and can be found on Amazon Prime.
Think Inc. sold over 350,000 tickets to events in Australia and New Zealand in a few years time span. The event company’s first debut was a conference held in Melbourne, featuring speakers such as astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, historian of science Michael Shermer, political activist Dr Cornel West, and the late social-political critic Christopher Hitchens.
read more
Let's talk about
- Philosophy, religion, politics
- Controversial topics: feminism, black lives matter, Hip-Hop, Sneakers.
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Desh Amila is a documentary filmmaker and serial entrepreneur. His first documentary, Islam: Future of Tolerance featuring Sam Harris and Maajid Nawaz, became the #1 iTunes download worldwide (Documentary Category) during its release in 2018, and can be found on Amazon Prime.
In 2011 Amila founded Think Inc. a first of its kind ‘edutainment’ company that tours intellectuals throughout Australia and New Zealand. The event company’s first debut was a conference held in Melbourne, featuring speakers such as astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, historian of science Michael Shermer, political activist Dr Cornel West, and the late social-political critic Christopher Hitchens. In 2018, Amila sold Think Inc. and launched a new events and media company, This Is 42.
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Desh Amila
CEO at This Is 42
- 📍Sydney, AUS
- Consulting Services
- Event Management
Desh Amila is a documentary filmmaker and serial entrepreneur. His first documentary, Islam: Future of Tolerance featuring Sam Harris and Maajid Nawaz, became the #1 iTunes download worldwide during its release in 2018, and can be found on Amazon Prime.
Desh is working now on his second feature film. He leads a team of 8 and has raised $50,000 for the project thus far.
Desh has a social media audience that is larger than 22,000 and an email list that numbers greater than 129,000. He would be happy to share your episode with his fans!
read more
Let's talk about
- Philosophy, religion, politics
- Controversial topics: feminism, black lives matter, Hip-Hop, Sneakers.
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Desh Amila is a documentary filmmaker and serial entrepreneur. His first documentary, Islam: Future of Tolerance featuring Sam Harris and Maajid Nawaz, became the #1 iTunes download worldwide (Documentary Category) during its release in 2018, and can be found on Amazon Prime.
In 2011 Amila founded Think Inc. a first of its kind ‘edutainment’ company that tours intellectuals throughout Australia and New Zealand. The event company’s first debut was a conference held in Melbourne, featuring speakers such as astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, historian of science Michael Shermer, political activist Dr Cornel West, and the late social-political critic Christopher Hitchens. In 2018, Amila sold Think Inc. and launched a new events and media company, This Is 42.
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The first thing you notice when you talk to Desh Amila, beyond the fact that he’s an outgoing and friendly guy, is that he has a lot of faith in the power of public debate to help improve the world. This stems in part from his background: The Australian entrepreneur and event organizer was born in Sri Lanka in 1981, not long before a civil war broke out that, over the course of 26 years, would kill as many as 100,000 people. Read more >>>
Timeline
Apr 2018 - Present
This Is 42 – CEO
We aim to advance humankind by bringing passionate people together. We connect through tech and educate through events. Diverse and electrifying speakers inspire our audiences, while our digital platform connects them into a community. Our events celebrate intelligence in all its diversity, exploring new horizons across art, science, design, sports, and music.
We are led by Desh Amila, the Founder/former Director of Think Inc. and Director/Producer of the feature documentary ‘Islam and the Future of Tolerance’ (2018).
Feb 2016 - Present
Islam & The Future Of Tolerance – Director/Producer
In a world driven by violence and misunderstanding, prominent atheist author Sam Harris and Islamist turned-liberal Muslim Maajid Nawaz seek to provide a remedy to the polarizing rhetoric and obscurantism around the topic of Islam. Full fim information can be found at islammovie.org
May 2012 - Jan 2014
Urban Agent – Partner/Project Manager
In a world driven by violence and misunderstanding, prominent atheist author Sam Harris and Islamist turned-liberal Muslim Maajid Nawaz seek to provide a remedy to the polarizing rhetoric and obscurantism around the topic of Islam. Full fim information can be found at islammovie.org
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