Chithra Jeyaram Filmmaker

Chithra Jeyaram is a physical therapist turned filmmaker with an MFA in Film from the University of Texas in Austin. She specializes in one-person crew independent documentaries. She identifies as Tamil. Her work prioritizes subverting stereotypes by framing narratives that highlight perspectives, and intricacies that are left out. She is the recipient of Visions Du Reel RoughCut Lab [2023], Chicken and (Egg)Celerator Lab [2022], Brown Girls Doc Mafia Artist Fellowship [2021], Gotham Documentary Fellowship [2020], and Jerome Foundation [2019]. Her work has been featured on PBS, CBSN, Apple TV, Revry, Kanopy, SXSW, and DOC NYC. Now Chithra’s finishing, Our Daughters, a feature documentary that examines identity and adoption in America through an immigrant lens. In addition to directing and producing her work, she edits – Look Like You (2022, Short Narrative), an episode for CBSN Speaking Frankly Series: Symbolic Justice (2020), and 9 Degrees (2019, Short Doc). She is an adjunct faculty at NYU and Vassar. She is an active organizer and member of Brown Girls Doc Mafia and Bitchitra Collective.