Director and Writer
Suitable Pictures/Autonomous Works/Hypokrit
- The Cycle (a short film) - in post production
ARPITA MUKHERJEE
Work History
Director
Autonomous Works/All Caps Films/Hypokrit
- In Development: Dil Yatra (Journey of the Heart): a docuseries with Aparna Shewakramani (Indian Matchmaking)
Director
East West Players/Enacte Arts/Hypokrit Productions
- Running (a short film), written by and starring Danny Pudi
- Won Best Short Film at Chicago South Asian Film Festival
- Selected at CAAMFest, New Filmmakers LA, Indian Film Festival of LA, New York Indian Film Festival, Boston Asian American Film Festival, DC South Asian Film Festival
Co-Director
The Tank/Hypokrit Productions
- Islands of Contentment: A series of filmed and live monologues written by Dipti Brahmandkar
- Starring Kalki Koechlin, Manavi Gagroo, Laura Gomez, Vinay Pathak and others
Director
The Geffen Playhouse/Hypokrit Productions
- Bollywood Kitchen - a livestreamed cooking show, written and performed by Sri Rao
Co-Writer
Disney Hotstar
- Gulmohar (a feature film)
- Directed and co-written by Rahul Chittella
- Starring Sharmila Tagore, Manoj Bajpai, Suraj Sharma, and others
- Won Best Screenplay Filmfare Award
- Nominated for 14 Filmfare Awards
Co-Writer
Netflix/The Chernin Group
- In development: movie musical directed by Mira Nair with music by Pharrell Williams
Lead Writer
Autonomous Works/Suitable Pictures
- In Development, Kriya Karam: an episodic TV show. Creator: Rahul Chittella
Theatre
- The Kiterunner, Resident Director, Helen Hayes Theatre on Broadway
- Monsoon Wedding Musical, Book Writer and Associate Director, St. Ann's Warehouse
- Hypokrit Live Arts, Co-Founder and Artistic Director
- Elements of Change, Director, UNICEF
- Saturn Return , Director, Edinburgh Fringe Festival
- House of Joy, Director, San Diego Repertory Theatre
Awards and Fellowships
- 2023 Filmfare Award Best Screenplay
- 2023 Rhinebeck Writers Retreat
- 2022 Best Short Film - Running
- 2021-2022 Next Stage Residency at the Drama League
- 2020 Clubbed Thumb Directing Fellow
- 2019 – 2020 SDC Denham Fellowship
- 2019 - 2020 Artist-in-Residence at Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (Governors Island)
- 2019 Mabou Mines Resident Artist
- 2018 Eugene O'Neill National Directing Fellow
- 2018 – 2020 WP Theater Directors Lab
- 2015 - Congressional Award for Promoting Diversity in Arts Hypokrit Theatre Company (New York, NY)
Timeline
Director and Writer
Suitable Pictures/Autonomous Works/Hypokrit
Director
Autonomous Works/All Caps Films/Hypokrit
Director
East West Players/Enacte Arts/Hypokrit Productions
Co-Director
The Tank/Hypokrit Productions
Director
The Geffen Playhouse/Hypokrit Productions
Co-Writer
Disney Hotstar
Co-Writer
Netflix/The Chernin Group
Lead Writer
Autonomous Works/Suitable Pictures
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