Shanti Thakur's visually poetic films have screened at over 200
international film festivals and museums including the Cannes
Film Festival - Emerging Filmmakers Venue, Edinburgh Film
Festival, and the Museum of Modern Art NYC. Thakur's short
film Sky People was considered for an Academy Award
nomination.
Crossing various genres, Sky People (2008), Kairos (2002), Seven
Hours to Burn (1999), Two Forms (1998), Circles (1997) and
Domino (1994) have won 19 awards and have broadcast in 22
countries. Working as director, writer, editor and producer on
her films, Thakur has received support from the National Film
Board of Canada, the Pennsylvania Council of the Arts, the
Independent Film Project (IFP) and the Pew Fellowship in the Arts.
She is Assistant Professor in Film and Media production at Hunter College,
City University of New York. She lives and works in New York City.
