Manjari Makijany

Manjari is an Indian Writer-Director based in Los Angeles. She was one of eight directors selected for the prestigious American Film Institute’s Directing Workshop for Women (2016) and Hollywood diversity programs like Universal Directors Initiative (2017) and the Fox Filmmakers Lab (2017). She’s written and directed three dramatic short films, I SEE YOU, THE CORNER TABLE and THE LAST MARBLE. Her AFI short, I See You, was awarded the Will and Jada Smith Family Foundation Grant and the Adrienne Shelly Foundation Grant for her work. ‘I See You’ won Best Short at the Asian American Int’l Film Festival and showcased in Cannes at the Emerging Filmmakers Showcase, May 2017 after premiering at the New York Indian Film Festival.