Surya Kumar Neupane (born 1987) known professionally as Uttam Neupane,^[2] is a Nepali sound mixer.^[3] He is the recipient of the 5th National Film Award of Nepal for Best Sound mixing for the feature film Mero Euta Saathi Chha.^[4] Two films he did sound-mixing for, Bulbul^[5] and Talakjung vs Tulke,^[6] were Nepal's official entries for the 92nd and 88th Academy Awards respectively.

Neupane worked on the short film Dadyaa,^[7] which was nominated for Short Film Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival^[8] and won a Special Jury Award.^[9] He also worked with CNN journalist Benjamin Best on his documentary film Dirty Games.^[10] It won Feature Documentary Award of Recognition at the Hollywood international independent documentary awards^[11][12] in 2016, Best Documentary at Snowdance Independent Film Festival,^[13][14][15] New York festivals.^{[16][non-primary source needed]}

Neupane also worked on Talakjung vs Tulke directed by Nischal Basnet, which was chosen as Nepal’s Official entry in best foreign language film category at the 88th Academy Awards.^[17] Neupane and Basnet have also collaborated on Loot (2012 film) and Loot 2.^{[citation needed]} He is also known for his work^[18] on Bulbul (2019)^[19] directed by Binod Poudel, which was selected as the Nepalese entry for Best International Feature Film^[5] at the 92nd Academy Awards, and won Special Jury Award at the 9th SAARC Film Festival.^[20][21]

Neupane mixed sound on the first Nepali science fiction movie^[22] Bijuli Machine in 2016, directed by Navin Awal. Bijuli Machine was selected as an opening film at the 2017 Tasveer South Asian Film Festival,^[23][24] Seattle and won the best narrative film that year. It also screened at Singapore South Asian International Film Festival and was selected for the Chicago South Asian Film Festival.^[25]