Jhanvi Motla

Jhanvi is a Los Angeles based filmmaker from Mumbai. She is a graduate of the American Film Institute Conservatory. She has written, directed and produced films that have premiered at Cleveland International Film Festival, Deauville American Film Festival, AFI Fest and many more. Motla is an alumnus of Film Independent's Project Involve where she produced "Black Boy Joy" which won the 2021 NAACP Image Award for Best Live Action Short. Her commercial producing work includes clients like Jaden and Willow Smith, New Balance and Levi's. In Fall 2021, she Produced her first feature film entitled "All The Colors of The Dark" in association with Beacon Pictures starring Noah Wyle and Miranda Otto. Her feature script "Divya" was a semifinalist for the 1497 Features Lab as well as the Women In Film x Blcklst Feature Residency '21. In Summer '22 Jhanvi became one of five women to be selected for NALIP's Women of Color Incubator, sponsored by Netflix. As part of the program, she wrote and directed her second short film entitled "Mirage".