Background
He was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Deepak Chopra.
He was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Deepak Chopra.
He attended Belmont Hill School and was an undergraduate student at Columbia University.
Around the time he began his career at Channel One News, Chopra changed the spelling of his given name from "Gautama" to "Gotham." Chopra said that he changed the spelling because he was tired of "Gautama" being mispronounced in the United States. Together they launched IntentBlog and Virgin Comics which he collaborated on with Sir Richard Branson. Subsequently Liquid Comics refocused its business on the South Asian subcontinent, launching Graphic India which raised capital from American media baron Peter Chernin.
Gotham is also a well regarded documentary filmmaker.
In 2012, he directed and produced Decoding Deepak, a feature documentary on his father that premiered at the SXSW film festival. In 2015, Gotham directed and Executive Produced Kobe Bryant"s Muse on National Basketball Association superstar Kobe Bryant.
The film aired on Showtime Networks and was the highest performing sports documentary in the networks history. Within weeks, another documentary film Gotham directed on Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar entitled The Little Master aired on Entertainment and Sports Programming Network as part of the networks award winning 30 for 30 film series.
Later in 2015, Gotham directed and produced "I Am Giant", a feature documentary on New York Giants WR Victor Cruz.
On July 3, 2009, Chopra gave an interview on Cable News Network"s Larry King Live at Neverland Ranch saying that he knew popular star Michael Jackson through his father for over two decades. He had also written about his friendship with Jackson on June 26, 2009 in the Huffington Post. He wrote about Jackson calling him at his dorm when he was a student at Columbia, asking him to help write lyrics for songs and about working with Jackson at his hotel suite in Manhattan as an informal "lyrical advisor." He recalled how Jackson called him at night "in a panic" after he had just married Lisa Marie Presley and asked him if he had any married advice.
He said parenting was the focus of his last conversations with Jackson in the last few months before Jackson"s death.