Andrew Nadkarni is an Oscar-shortlisted filmmaker based in Brooklyn. His directorial debut, Between Earth & Sky (POV/PBS), won Best Documentary Short at Big Sky and Hot Springs, earned Critics’ Choice and Cinema Eye nominations, and screened at over 100 festivals and community events before being shortlisted for the 2024 Academy Awards. A multiracial filmmaker, Andrew excavates intergenerational narratives of resilience within diaspora communities, embracing contradiction and the power of being in process.

A 2023 BRIClab Artist in Residence, Andrew serves on festival juries and reads for grant organizations. He recently directed an episode of Firelight/American Masters’ In the Making series for PBS. He is currently working on projects with Art21, REI, and Refugee Women’s Network. Past production credits span documentary and narrative, including Bel Canto (Peacock), Glass Onion (Netflix), and Actual People (MUBI).

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FILM

Sarah Thankam Mathews: After All This

PROGRAM AFFILIATION

In The Making

COHORT YEAR

2024

WEBSITE

andrewnadkarni.com

INSTAGRAM

@andrewnadkarni