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Shuchi Talati is an Indian film director. She won the Audience Award for Dramatic World Cinema at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival for her film Girls Will Be Girls.[1][2]
Shuchi Talati | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1984 (age 39–40) |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Known for | Girls Will Be Girls (2024) |
| Website | shuchitalati |
She studied at the American Film Institute, and served as Creative Head for Indusgeeks.[3][4]
Talati is a graduate of the American Film Institute and is based in New York City.[5]
Talati's short film, Mae & Ash (2012), was inspired from her personal experience in Bombay, where her boyfriend's ex-girlfriend stayed with him for a week, leading to feelings of insecurity.[3] She translated her experience into the story of Mae & Ash.[3]
Talati produced the short Execution (2020), which won a special jury mention at the New Orleans Film Festival,[6] and Honolulu (2023) by Maya Tanaka,[7] and was the story producer for the documentary Being Mary Tyler Moore (2023).[8][better source needed]
Apart from her narrative work, Talati has contributed to Netflix's We Are: The Brooklyn Saints (2021) and HBO's Wyatt Cenac's Problem Areas (2018), where her episode earned a GLAAD award nomination for its exploration of racist policing.[4]
She directed the short A Period Piece (2021), which premiered at SXSW 2020,[9] and wrote and directed the film Girls Will Be Girls (2024), which received generally positive reviews.[10] Girls will be Girls won an Audience Award at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival,[11][12][13][14] and its lead actor Preeti Panigrahi won a Special Jury Award for Acting for her performance.[15]
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- Mae and Ash (2012)[3]
- A Period Piece (2020) - premiered at SXSW 2020
- Girls Will Be Girls (2024)
- Bridges-Larson Production award[3]
- Girls Will Be Girls (2024 film) - World Cinema Dramatic (Audience), 2024 Sundance Film Festival[16]
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