Shuchi Talati
Visiting Filmmaker, MFA in Film
Profile
Shuchi Talati is a filmmaker from India whose work challenges dominant narratives around gender, sexuality, and South Asian identity. Her feature film, Girls Will Be Girls, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival where it won an Audience Award and a Special Jury Award. During development, Girls was a recipient of the Aide Aux Cinémas du Monde and Sørfond grants, and it was selected for Gotham Week, Berlinale Project Market and Script Station, and Cine Qua Non Script Lab.
Shuchi’s short film, A Period Piece, was selected for SXSW and Mae and Ash won numerous awards before becoming a Vimeo Staff Pick. Shuchi is an alum of Berlinale Talents and a Gotham Awards nominee as Breakthrough Director. Shuchi’s documentary credits include story producing the Emmy-nominated film BEING MARY TYLER MOORE which premiered at SXSW. Shuchi also story produced the vérité series, WE ARE: THE BROOKLYN SAINTS, directed by Rudy Valdez for Netflix, and WYATT CENAC’S PROBLEM AREAS for HBO, where one of her episodes was nominated for a GLAAD Award.
She is a graduate of the American Film Institute. She lives in NYC and is a member of the Brooklyn Filmmakers Collective, the Bitchitra Collective and the Freelance Solidarity Project.