Smriti Mundhra

Smriti Mundhra is a DGA-winning, Academy Award-nominated and three-time Emmy-nominated filmmaker. Recently, Smriti created and directed Netflix’s THE ROMANTICS, a four-part documentary series about the history of Bollywood, featuring interviews and footage from 35 of its biggest stars. Additionally, her 2019 documentary short ST. LOUIS SUPERMAN was nominated for an Oscar and tells the story of a battle rapper-turned-Congressman lobbying for gun rights. It was supported by Judd Apatow, Brad Pitt, and Mark Ruffalo and sold in a multi-studio bidding war to MTV Documentary Films. Smriti is also the creator, director, and EP of the Emmy-nominated Netflix show, INDIAN MATCHMAKING, now in its third season, as well as its spin-off JEWISH MATCHMAKING. Her debut feature documentary, A SUITABLE GIRL, premiered at Tribeca and won her the Best Debut Director prize. In addition to her extensive non-scripted success, Smriti more recently directed two episodes of Season 3 of Mindy Kaling’s NEVER HAVE I EVER for Netflix/UTV and directed an episode of Amazon/Freevee’s THE PRADEEPS OF PITTSBURGH, EP’ed by Michael Showalter. Smriti is also adapting the best-selling novel BORN CONFUSED by Tanuja Desai Hidier for television for Wayfarer Studios and co-wrote and will executive produce an original comedy series for Netflix.