Sonali Gulati
Sonali Gulati | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 23, 1972 New Delhi, India |
| Occupation | Film director |
| Awards | Guggenheim Fellowship |
| Website | https://www.sonalifilm.com/ |
Sonali Gulati is an Indian American independent filmmaker, feminist, grass-roots activist, and educator.[1]
Gulati was born and grew up in New Delhi, India.[citation needed] Her mother was a teacher and textile designer and raised her daughter independently.[citation needed]
She has an MFA in Film & Media Arts from Temple University, and a BA in from Mount Holyoke College.[2]
She is currently a Professor at Virginia Commonwealth University's Department of Photography & Film.[2]
Film[]
Sonali Gulati has made several short films and a feature-length documentary film.
Her films have screened at over four hundred film festivals worldwide, and broadcast on public television and cable television globally.[citation needed] Her films have screened at over three hundred film festivals, including venues such as the Hirshhorn Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, the National Museum of Women in the Arts, and at film festivals such as the Margaret Mead Film Festival, the Black Maria Film Festival and the Slamdance Film Festival.[1]
Gulati's award-winning 2005 documentary film, Nalini by Day, Nancy by Night explores business process outsourcing in India. The film was broadcast on television in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, The Middle East, South Asia and North Africa.
Her most recent film I AM has won 14 awards and continues to exhibit extensively.[3]
Awards[]
Gulati is Guggenheim Fellow in Film. She has won awards, grants, and fellowships from the Third Wave Foundation, World Studio Foundation, the Robert Giard Memorial Fellowship, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Fellowship, the Theresa Pollak Prize for Excellence in the Arts, the Center for Asian American Media (CAAM), VCU School of the Arts Faculty Award of Excellence, grants from Creative Capital and was a Guggenheim Fellow in Film/Video in 2013.[4]
Filmography[]
- Big Time-my doodled diary (2015)
- I Am[5] (2011)
- 24 Frames per Day (2008)
- Nalini by Day, Nancy by Night (2005)
- Where is there Room? (2002)
- Name I Call Myself (2001)
- Barefeet (2000)
- Sum Total (1999)
Writings[]
- "Place of Safe Landing" Queer Potli - Memories, Imaginations and Re-Imaginations of Urban Queer Spaces in India, ed. Pawan Dhall, QI Publishing, 2016
- "The Fight to Live", Outlook, Outlook Publishing Group, 2 July 2015
- "Welcome to Your Own Festival: Review on Nigah QueerFest’07." Biblio: A Review of Books, Vol. XII Nos. 5 & 6, June 2007
- "Confessions of a Desidyke: A Filmmaker’s Journey from Ignorance." Trikone Magazine, Vol. 20, No.4 March 2006
- "Sum Total." Because I Have a Voice, Queer Politics in India, ed. Arvind Narrain and Gautam Bhan, Yoda Press, 2005
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Feminists We Love: Sonali Gulati". The Feminist Wire. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Sonali Gulati". Mount Holyoke College. 8 June 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
- ^ "'I Am' – A Conversation with Sonali Gulati". XFinity. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
- ^ "Sonali Gulati".
- ^ "I AM". www.sonalifilm.com. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
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