Mridu Chandra is a New York-based filmmaker and producer of award-winning documentaries and narrative films.
Credits include producing BECOMING COUSTEAU, ASK THE SEXPERT, OUT IN THE NIGHT (selected to launch the U.N.'s Free & Equal Global Film Series), CURED (airing on the PBS series Independent Lens this fall), BROTHER OUTSIDER: THE LIFE OF BAYARD RUSTIN (winner of over 20 international awards including the GLAAD Media Award), and ELECTORAL DYSFUNCTION (featured in a four-part NYT Op-Docs series and recipient of the American Bar Association's Silver Gavel Award).
Her expertise as an archival media researcher and clearance specialist has additionally served numerous documentaries, narrative films, and Broadway productions including WHOSE STREETS?, SHADOW WORLD, STEVE JOBS (directed by Danny Boyle), BETRAYAL (directed by Mike Nichols), THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING (based on the book by Naomi Klein), and REGARDING SUSAN SONTAG (recipient of the 2015 FOCAL International Award for Best Use of Archival Footage in an Arts Program).
From 2016-2019, she was the founding director of IF/Then Shorts at Tribeca Film Institute, where she designed, launched, and managed a new film fund and distribution initiative to support the professional development and increased visibility of filmmakers working regionally across the US and around the world. IMDb Mini Biography By: Mridu Chandra
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