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Sheila Sawhny

  • Actress
  • Writer
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Slamdance Screenplay Competition Winner
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SHEILA SAWHNY writer, director and actress, hails from Bombay, India. She moved to Queens, NY with her family as a teenager. She is a winner of the Slamdance Feature Screenplay Competition, and a Fellow of the Outfest Screenwriting Lab and the DreamAgo Plume et Pellicle Screenwriting Lab in Switzerland. She wrote and starred in theatrical productions ALL RIGHT MAN and THE BEST BEST WESTERN. A founding member of Synchronicity Theatre Group NY, she has acted, written, directed and produced in NY, LA and Europe. She is the writer and director of NO TELL MOTEL which premiered at Studio Stage and BABY STEPS produced at VS Theatre. Favorite acting roles include Emily in the European tour of OUR TOWN, Georgie in the acclaimed LA theatrical production of A CLOCKWORK ORANGE. She is the Programming Manager of Film Independent's Global Media Makers and just completely principal photography on short film STAY WITH ME from Panther Pictures.
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      • 3 wins & 2 nominations total

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    Known for

    Stay with Me (2023)
    Stay with Me
    8.8
    Short
    • Marsha
    • 2023
    The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)
    The Amazing Spider-Man
    6.9
    • Additional Crew(uncredited)
    • 2012
    Warren Beatty, Alden Ehrenreich, and Lily Collins in L'Exception à la règle (2016)
    L'Exception à la règle
    5.7
    • Additional Crew
    • 2016
    Lizzie McGuire, le film (2003)
    Lizzie McGuire, le film
    5.6
    • Additional Crew
    • 2003

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    Actress



    • Harmless
      • Shawna Gordon
      • Post-production



    • Woke (2024)
      Woke
      Short
      • Carol the FA Member
      • 2024
    • Stay with Me (2023)
      Stay with Me
      8.8
      Short
      • Marsha
      • 2023
    • Postal Geist
      Short
      • Ella
      • 2014
    • Come as You Are (2005)
      Come as You Are
      3.6
      • Goth Woman (as Sheila Sawney)
      • 2005
    • The Way to Santiago (1998)
      The Way to Santiago
      7.3
      Short
      • Woman
      • 1998
    • Head Games (1996)
      Head Games
      4.4
      Video
      • Claire Williams (as Sheila Sawney)
      • 1996
    • Mannequin de choc (1996)
      Mannequin de choc
      3.9
      Video
      • Health Club Sales Girl (as Sheila Sawney)
      • 1996
    • The Outfit (1993)
      The Outfit
      3.4
      • Blanche (as Sheila Sawney)
      • 1993

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    • No Tell Motel
      • Writer
      • Pre-production
      • Short

    Director



    • No Tell Motel
      • Director
      • Pre-production
      • Short
    • Peanut
      • Director
      • Post-production
      • Short

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      • Feature Writing Competition Winner 2012
      • Official Selection - Plume et Pellicule Screenwriting Lab 2011
    • Alternative name
      • Sheila Sawney

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      (2nd Place) Feature Writing Competition 2012, Slamdance Film Festival for The Third Sex by Sheila Sawhny & Dee Johnson.

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