Sonali Gulati (born 1972, New Delhi, India) is an Indian independent
filmmaker, a feminist, grass-roots activist, and an educator. She is a
Professor at Virginia Commonwealth University's Department of
Photography & Film. She has an MFA in Film & Media Arts from Temple
University and a BA in Critical Social Thought from Mount Holyoke
College. Ms. Gulati grew up in New Delhi, India and has made several
short films that have screened at over four hundred film festivals
worldwide.Her films have screened at over 400 film festivals including
venues such as the Hirshhorn Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston
and the National Museum of Women in the Arts, and at film festivals
such as the Margaret Mead Film Festival, the Black Maria Film Festival
and the Slamdance Film Festival. Gulati's award-winning 2005
documentary film, Nalini by Day, Nancy by Night explores business
process outsourcing in India. The film was broadcast on television in
the U.S., Canada, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, The Middle East,
South Asia and North Africa. Her most recent film I AM has won 14
awards and continues to exhibit extensively.Gulati has won awards,
grants, and fellowships from the Third Wave Foundation, World Studio
Foundation, the Robert Giard Memorial Fellowship, the Virginia Museum
of Fine Arts Fellowship, the Theresa Pollak Prize for Excellence in
the Arts, the Center for Asian American Media (CAAM), VCU School of
the Arts Faculty Award of Excellence, grants from Creative Capital and
was a Guggenheim Fellow in Film/Video in 2013.Gulati grew up in New
Delhi India. Her mother was a teacher and textile designer and raised
her daughter independently.
filmmaker, a feminist, grass-roots activist, and an educator. She is a
Professor at Virginia Commonwealth University's Department of
Photography & Film. She has an MFA in Film & Media Arts from Temple
University and a BA in Critical Social Thought from Mount Holyoke
College. Ms. Gulati grew up in New Delhi, India and has made several
short films that have screened at over four hundred film festivals
worldwide.Her films have screened at over 400 film festivals including
venues such as the Hirshhorn Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston
and the National Museum of Women in the Arts, and at film festivals
such as the Margaret Mead Film Festival, the Black Maria Film Festival
and the Slamdance Film Festival. Gulati's award-winning 2005
documentary film, Nalini by Day, Nancy by Night explores business
process outsourcing in India. The film was broadcast on television in
the U.S., Canada, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, The Middle East,
South Asia and North Africa. Her most recent film I AM has won 14
awards and continues to exhibit extensively.Gulati has won awards,
grants, and fellowships from the Third Wave Foundation, World Studio
Foundation, the Robert Giard Memorial Fellowship, the Virginia Museum
of Fine Arts Fellowship, the Theresa Pollak Prize for Excellence in
the Arts, the Center for Asian American Media (CAAM), VCU School of
the Arts Faculty Award of Excellence, grants from Creative Capital and
was a Guggenheim Fellow in Film/Video in 2013.Gulati grew up in New
Delhi India. Her mother was a teacher and textile designer and raised
her daughter independently.
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