Mridu Chandra Filmmaker

Mridu Chandra is BAFTA and Emmy nominated producer of award-winning documentaries and fiction films that cover topics of civil rights, environmental and racial justice, and gender equality. These films have premiered at Sundance, Telluride, and SXSW; aired on PBS, Disney+, HBO and Netflix; and screened for members of the U.S. Congress and the United Nations.
Recent credits include producing Becoming Cousteau (Disney+) for two-time Oscar nominee Liz Garbus and co-producing Cured (PBS, Independent Lens). Her expertise as an archival media researcher and clearance specialist has additionally served numerous films and Broadway productions. She has funded and supported 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 Saund Vs Cochran, a documentary about our first Asian Congressman in U.S. history— Dalip Singh Saund. www.mriduchandra.com