Mridu Chandra is a BAFTA and EMMY nominated filmmaker and producer based in New York City. She has over 15 years of experience as a creative producer of impactful documentaries and fiction films that cover topics of civil rights, environmental and racial justice, and gender equality. Seven of her films have premiered at Sundance, Telluride, and SXSW; aired on PBS, Disney+, and Netflix India; and screened for members of the U.S. Congress and the United Nations. Most recently, she produced BECOMING COUSTEAU (Disney+) for two-time Oscar nominee Liz Garbus and co-produced CURED (PBS) which garnered her an Emmy nomination for Best Documentary Research. Her expertise as an archival media researcher and clearance specialist has additionally served numerous other documentaries (WHOSE STREETS?), fiction films (STEVE JOBS directed by Danny Boyle) and Broadway productions (BETRAYAL directed by Mike Nichols). She is currently in development on a new film about how Dalip Singh Saund, a local judge of Indian descent, defeated aviation pioneer and WWII hero Jackie Cochran Odlum in a 1956 run for Congress in California's 29th district to become the first ever Asian American member of U.S. Congress.
