mridu chandra

Mridu Chandra is a BAFTA and Emmy nominated filmmaker and producer of award-winning documentaries and fiction films that cover topics of civil rights, environmental and racial justice, and gender equality. Her films have premiered at Sundance, Telluride, and SXSW; aired on PBS, Disney+, and on Netflix; and screened for members of U.S. Congress and the United Nations. Recent credits include producing BECOMING COUSTEAU for two-time Oscar nominee Liz Garbus and co-producing CURED for Bennett Singer and Patrick Sammon. Her expertise as an archival media researcher and clearance specialist has additionally served numerous other documentaries (WHOSE STREETS?), fiction films (STEVE JOBS directed by Danny Boyle for NBCUniversal), and Broadway productions (BETRAYAL directed by Mike Nichols). She has funded and amplified the work of diverse filmmakers worldwide as the founding director of IF/Then Shorts at Tribeca Film Institute, a program now at Field of Vision. She is currently in development to direct a documentary about the first-ever Asian, Indian, and Sikh American Congressman in U.S. history SAUND vs COCHRAN.