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{{Infobox person
| name = Govindini Murty
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1974|6|20}}
| birth_place = [[Manipur]], [[India]]
| occupation = [[Actress]], [[Television producer|Producer]], [[Writer]]
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'''Govindini Murty''' (born 1974) is a U.S.-based, Canadian producer, actress, and journalist. Murty's father is Indian and her mother is Canadian of English descent. Murty is a graduate of [[Yale University]], and has been published in [[The Atlantic]],<ref>[https://www.theatlantic.com/govindini-murty/ Govindini Murty at The Atlantic]</ref> [[The Huffington Post]],<ref>[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/govindini-murty Govindini Murty at The Huffington Post]</ref> and is a member of the [[Alliance of Women Film Journalists]]<ref>[http://awfj.org/blog/author/govindini-murty/ Govindini Murty at The Alliance of Women Film Journalists]</ref> and Indiewire's Criticwire.<ref>[http://www.indiewire.com/critic/govindini-murty Govindini Murty at Indiewire's Criticwire]</ref> In 2013, Murty spoke at Social Media Week LA's "Power Women in Entertainment" roundtable.<ref>[http://new.livestream.com/smwla/events/2394102 Govindini Murty speaking at Social Media Week LA's "Power Women in Entertainment"]</ref> As of 2016, Murty is producer and lead actress on the World War II sci-fi short film ''UFO Diary'',<ref>{{cite web|title="UFO Diary" Facebook page|url=https://www.facebook.com/ufodiary/|publisher=Facebook|accessdate=16 February 2016}}</ref> featured in the January 2016 issue of [[American Cinematographer]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Apuzzo|first1=Jason|title=Re-Creating the Battle of Los Angeles|url=http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ac/ac0116/?ap=1#/16|publisher=American Cinematographer|accessdate=16 February 2016}}</ref>

In recent years, Murty has focused in her writing on progressive women's rights,<ref>{{cite news|last=Murty |first=Govindini |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/govindini-murty/how-women-can-save-the-wo_b_4038674.html |title=How Women Can Save the World by Telling Epic Stories in the Movies |work=The Huffington Post |date=4 October 2013 |accessdate=20 May 2014}}</ref> human rights,<ref>{{cite news|last=Murty |first=Govindini |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/govindini-murty/words-of-witness-testifie_b_1626039.html |title=New Film 'Words of Witness' Testifies to Egypt's Hopes for Democracy |work=The Huffington Post |date=26 June 2012 |accessdate=20 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Murty |first=Govindini |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/govindini-murty/china-documentary-high-tech-low-life_b_1579883.html |title=""We've All Been Brainwashed": China's Dissident Bloggers Speak Out in ''High Tech, Low Life''" |work=The Huffington Post |date=8 June 2012 |accessdate=20 May 2014}}</ref> science,<ref>{{cite news|last=Murty |first=Govindini |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/govindini-murty/finding-movie-inspiration_b_3965784.html |title=Finding Movie Inspiration in NASA's Real Science: The Case Study of ''Europa Report'' |work=The Huffington Post |date=21 September 2013 |accessdate=20 May 2014}}</ref> and technology.<ref>{{cite news|last=Murty |first=Govindini |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/govindini-murty/this-holiday-season-what_b_2357123.html |title=This Holiday Season, What Happens When All of Our Cultural Memories Go Digital? |work=The Huffington Post |date=24 December 2012 |accessdate=20 May 2014}}</ref> She has interviewed such film icons as [[Werner Herzog]],<ref>{{cite news|last=Murty |first=Govindini |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/govindini-murty/a-conversation-with-werne_b_1087646.html |title=A Conversation With Werner Herzog, Part I: ''Into the Abyss'' |work=The Huffington Post |date=11 November 2011 |accessdate=20 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Murty |first=Govindini |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/govindini-murty/a-conversation-with-werne_1_b_1124948.html |title=A Conversation With Werner Herzog, Part II: ''Cave of Forgotten Dreams, Avatar'', & the Hostility of Nature |work=The Huffington Post |date=2 December 2011 |accessdate=20 May 2014}}</ref> and [[Stan Lee]],<ref>{{cite news |last=Apuzzo |first=Jason |url=http://news.moviefone.com/2012/02/01/a-conversation-with-the-m/ |title=With Great Power: A Conversation with Stan Lee at Slamdance 2012 |work=Moviefone/The Huffington Post |date=1 February 2012 |accessdate=20 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130907003216/http://news.moviefone.com/2012/02/01/a-conversation-with-the-m |archive-date=7 September 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> as well as notable contemporary filmmakers and actors like [[Kurt Russell]],<ref>{{cite news|last=Murty |first=Govindini |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jason-apuzzo/for-love-of-the-game-talk_b_6289852.html |title=For Love of the Game: Talking With Kurt Russell About The Battered Bastards of Baseball |work=The Huffington Post |date=8 December 2014 |accessdate=24 February 2015}}</ref> [[Catherine Hardwicke]], [[Lynn Shelton]], [[Lake Bell]],<ref>{{cite news|last=Murty |first=Govindini |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/sexes/archive/2013/02/how-female-directors-could-at-last-infiltrate-hollywood-go-indie-first/273309/ |title=How Female Directors Could, at Last, Infiltrate Hollywood: Go Indie First |work=The Atlantic |date=21 February 2013 |accessdate=20 May 2014}}</ref> [[Steven Knight]],<ref>{{cite news|last=Murty |first=Govindini |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/govindini-murty/talking-with-director-ste_b_5290478.html |title=Talking With Director Steven Knight About His Innovative and Enthralling ''Film Locke'' |work=The Huffington Post |date=8 May 2014 |accessdate=20 May 2014}}</ref> and [[Shia LaBeouf]],<ref>{{cite news|last=Murty |first=Govindini |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jason-apuzzo/young-man-on-the-run-catc_b_4275806.html |title=Young Man on the Run: Catching Up With Shia LaBeouf and ''Charlie Countryman'' |work=The Huffington Post |date=14 November 2013 |accessdate=20 May 2014}}</ref> among others. In 2013 Murty was selected to attend a [[NASA Earth Science]] conference at the [[Jet Propulsion Laboratory]], and has since written on the need to support NASA and promote space science in movies.<ref>{{cite news|last=Murty |first=Govindini |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/govindini-murty/finding-movie-inspiration_b_3965784.html |title=Finding Movie Inspiration in NASA's Real Science: The Case Study of ''Europa Report'' |work=The Huffington Post |date=21 September 2013 |accessdate=20 May 2014}}</ref> Murty has also appeared on television to share her thoughts on Hollywood and popular culture. She has appeared on [[CNN]], [[Fox News]], [[MSNBC]], [[American Movie Classics|AMC]], [[BBC]], and in 2007 she cohosted an episode of ''[[At the Movies (1986 TV program)|At the Movies With Ebert & Roeper]]'' on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]].<ref>[[At the Movies with Ebert & Roeper#Critics substituting for Roger Ebert.2C post-surgery|Govindini Murty on ABC's "At the Movies With Ebert & Roeper"]]</ref>

Murty is also a public speaker and independent film-maker. In 2013 she spoke at Social Media Week LA's "Power Women in Entertainment" roundtable,<ref>[http://socialmediaweek.org/losangeles/events/?id=101045 Govindini Murty at Social Media Week LA's "Power Women in Entertainment" panel]</ref> which promoted women's equality in media and entertainment.<ref>[http://voilalovely.com/tag/govindini-murty/ Govindini Murty at Social Media Week LA's "Power Women in Entertainment" panel]</ref> Murty is also the cofounder and coeditor with [[Jason Apuzzo]] of the on-line film magazine Libertas,<ref>[http://www.libertasfilmmagazine.com/ Libertas Film Magazine website]</ref> established in January 2005, which has become a widely read and influential blog in the film world. New York Times film critic [[A.O. Scott]] called Libertas "insightful as well as provocative," and LA Times film columnist [[Patrick Goldstein]] called Libertas "a must read."<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.libertasfilmmagazine.com/about_lfm/libertas-history/ |title=Libertas Film Magazine website |access-date=21 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715174510/http://www.libertasfilmmagazine.com/about_lfm/libertas-history/ |archive-date=15 July 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2007, Libertas was voted one of the top three culture blogs on the internet during the 2007 Weblog Awards.<ref>[http://2007.weblogawards.org/polls/best-culture-blog-1.php Weblog Awards 2007]</ref> Libertas went on hiatus in the summer of 2008, returning in its current form as Libertas Film Magazine (LFM) in the Spring of 2010.<ref>[http://www.libertasfilmmagazine.com/ Libertas Film Magazine]</ref> The new Libertas appears to have a different emphasis from that of its predecessor. Its stated purpose is to promote "films that celebrate freedom, democracy, and the dignity of the individual," and the new site routinely features short films, feature films, webisodes, trailers and reviews of what it terms "pro-freedom films" currently in theaters or on DVD.

Murty continues to be active in the film festival world, covering the [[Sundance Film Festival]], the [[Tribeca Film Festival]],<ref>{{cite news|last=Murty |first=Govindini |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2012/05/at-the-summer-box-office-a-battle-between-two-ways-of-filming/257057/ |title=At the Summer Box Office, a Battle Between Two Ways of Filming |work=The Atlantic |date=14 May 2012 |accessdate=20 May 2014}}</ref> [[Los Angeles Film Festival]] and related events. In 2013 Murty served on the [[Whistler Film Festival]] narrative jury for the AWFJ EDA awards for outstanding achievements by women filmmakers,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.whistlerfilmfestival.com/films-and-events/alliance-of-women-film-journalists-inc-awfj-eda-awards |title=Whistler Film Festival 2013 AWFJ EDA Awards Jury |access-date=21 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718063806/http://www.whistlerfilmfestival.com/films-and-events/alliance-of-women-film-journalists-inc-awfj-eda-awards |archive-date=18 July 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> an event which received coverage in Variety when [[Melissa Leo]] personally offered to fund the winning woman filmmaker.<ref>{{cite news|last=Brodsky |first=Katherine |url=https://variety.com/2013/film/news/whistler-ingrid-veningers-ballsy-request-more-films-made-by-women-1200937432/ |title=Whistler: Ingrid Veninger’s ‘Ballsy’ Request? More Films Made by Women |work=Variety |date=9 December 2013 |accessdate=20 May 2014}}</ref>

In 2016, Murty produced and acted in ''UFO Diary'',<ref>{{cite web|title="UFO Diary" IMDB page|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4448016/|publisher=Internet Movie Database|accessdate=16 February 2016}}</ref> a World War II sci-fi short film featured in the January 2016 print issue of American Cinematographer,<ref>{{cite web|last1=Apuzzo|first1=Jason|title=Re-Creating the Battle of Los Angeles|url=http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ac/ac0116/?ap=1#/16|publisher=American Cinematographer|accessdate=16 February 2016}}</ref> as well as at The Huffington Post<ref>{{cite web|last1=Apuzzo|first1=Jason|title="The Time a UFO Invaded Los Angeles: UFO Diary Recreates the Great LA Air Raid of 1942"|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jason-apuzzo/the-time-a-ufo-invaded-lo_b_6749734.html|publisher=The Huffington Post|accessdate=16 February 2016}}</ref> and The Alliance of Women Film Journalists' website.<ref>{{cite web|last1=McDonnell|first1=Brandy|title="Alliance of Women Film Journalists members celebrate big achievements in 2015"|url=http://awfj.org/week-in-women/2016/01/11/alliance-of-women-film-journalists-members-celebrate-big-achievements-in-2015-if-only-there-were-more-women-film-critics-to-celebrate/|publisher=The Alliance of Women Film Journalists|accessdate=16 February 2016}}</ref> ''UFO Diary'' was written and directed by Folio Eddie Award-winner Jason Apuzzo, edited by Emmy Award winner Mitch Danton, with special effects by artists from ILM, Weta Digital, and Digital Domain. The film is stated to be planned for release in 2016.<ref>{{cite web|title="UFO Diary" Facebook page|url=https://www.facebook.com/ufodiary/|publisher=Facebook|accessdate=16 February 2016}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/govindini-murty Govindini Murty at ''The Huffington Post'']
* [https://www.theatlantic.com/govindini-murty/ Govindini Murty at ''The Atlantic'']
* [http://www.indiewire.com/critic/govindini-murty Govindini Murty at Indiewire's Criticwire]
* {{IMDb name|0615475}}
* [https://www.facebook.com/ufodiary/ ''UFO Diary'' at Facebook]
* [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4448016/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 ''UFO Diary'' at the Internet Movie Database]
* [http://www.libertasfilmmagazine.com Libertas Film Magazine]

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