Nitya Mehrotra

About Nitya Mehrotra

Nitya is a documentary filmmaker, community leader, and animator. She founded a community of 40,000 people called Stories by Strangers which aims to facilitate educational conversations. She was the recipient of the best cinematographer award at the Shawna Shea Festival, three best photo journalism awards from the Illinois College Press Association in Chicago, the women in Media Full Scholarship at the Met Film School in Berlin, and the New Artists Full Scholarship at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She also received the Award of Excellence at the Rhode Island School of Design. Her short films have gone to Oscar-qualifying festivals like Flicker's Rhode Island International Film Festival, along with the Shawna Shea Film Festival, and the Pune Short Film Festival. Her directorial work includes companies like the Indian Premier League, Jouska Films, and Vatika Dabur. She has been featured in the Chicago Tribune, Homegrown, and Newsmagazine.