Amitabh Joshi Director

October 04, 2023

Amitabh Joshi is a director. In 2020, he co-directed a short film for American Masters and Firelight Media for their new series, Masters in The Making, highlighting Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, a Jazz musician. Amitabh served as co-producer on A Little Wisdom. This documentary feature had its US Premiere at the SXSW Film Festival in 2018. It was the winner of the 2018 Viewfinders Competition at DOC NYC. Amitabh was awarded the Center for Asian American Media Documentary Fund in 2014 for his first feature documentary, Tashi’s Turbine. The film has been screened at festivals worldwide and premiered on PBS’s WORLD Channel. It received a Special Jury Mention at the 2015 CAAMFest and won the BBVA Mountain Film Festival of Torelló 2016 Jury Prize. He also received the Shelley and Donald Rubin Foundation grant in 2013 and the Princess Grace Award in 2012. Amitabh has worked as a director and cinematographer for Art21. He has directed and produced documentaries around the world.