Shuchi Talati

Biography:

Shuchi Talati, an Indian film director, gained widespread recognition after winning the Audience Award for Dramatic World Cinema at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival for her film Girls Will Be Girls.

She graduated from the American Film Institute and previously served as the Creative Head at Indusgeeks. Currently based in New York City, Talati drew inspiration from her personal experiences in Bombay for her short film Mae & Ash (2012), which portrays the emotional challenges she faced when her boyfriend’s ex-girlfriend stayed with him for a week.

Her other notable works include producing the short film Execution (2020), which earned a special jury mention at the New Orleans Film Festival, and Honolulu (2023) by Maya Tanaka. She also served as the story producer for the documentary Being Mary Tyler Moore (2023).

In addition to her narrative films, Talati has contributed to prominent television projects. She worked on Netflix’s We Are: The Brooklyn Saints (2021) and HBO’s Wyatt Cenac’s Problem Areas (2018), where her episode exploring racist policing received a GLAAD award nomination.

Talati directed A Period Piece (2021), which premiered at SXSW 2020, and both wrote and directed Girls Will Be Girls (2024). The latter received critical acclaim, winning the Audience Award at Sundance, with lead actor Preeti Panigrahi earning a Special Jury Award for Acting.