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{{short description|Film producer}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Shivani Rawat
| image = Shivani Rawat at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival.jpg
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| alma_mater = [[Welham Girls' School]]<br>[[The New School]]<br>[[New York Film Academy]]
| birth_date =
| birth_place = New Jersey, U.S.
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| death_place =
| other names =
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| known for = ''[[Trumbo (2015 film)|Trumbo]]'' (2015)<br>''[[Captain Fantastic (film)|Captain Fantastic]]'' (2016)
| occupation = Film producer
}}

'''Shivani Rawat''' is a film producer based in [[New York City|New York]] known for producing [[independent films]] like ''[[Danny Collins (film)|Danny Collins]]'' (2015), ''[[Trumbo (2015 film)|Trumbo]]'' (2015), ''[[Captain Fantastic (film)|Captain Fantastic]]'' (2016) and ''[[Brian Banks (film)|Brian Banks]]'' (2018).<ref name="Bloomberg_2017">{{cite news |last1=Walters |first1=David |title=The Sundance Kid's Hot Streak |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-01-11/the-sundance-kid-s-hot-streak |access-date=5 April 2023 |work=Bloomberg UK |date=11 January 2017 |archive-date=12 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112002603/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-01-11/the-sundance-kid-s-hot-streak |url-status=live }}</ref> She is the founder and CEO of ShivHans Pictures, a production company that supports feature films that do not fit into the [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood]] model.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2019/film/news/hotel-mumbai-producer-shivani-rawat-1203178838/|title='Hotel Mumbai' Producer Shivani Rawat Steps Up to the Plate for Indie Films|first1=Ramin|last1=Setoodeh|date=April 3, 2019|access-date=May 14, 2020|archive-date=May 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210515173008/https://variety.com/2019/film/news/hotel-mumbai-producer-shivani-rawat-1203178838/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.producedbyconference.com/los-angeles/team-member/shivani-rawat/|title=Shivani Rawat|work=Produced By Conference |access-date=2020-05-14|archive-date=2020-08-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812112857/https://www.producedbyconference.com/los-angeles/team-member/shivani-rawat/|url-status=live}}</ref> In May 2020, former head of [[Miramax]] and [[HBO Films]], Julie Goldstein, joined ShivHans Pictures as Head of Production.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/julie-goldstein-joins-shivhans-as-head-production-1293639|title=Julie Goldstein Joins ShivHans Pictures as Head of Production (Exclusive)|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=7 May 2020|access-date=14 May 2020|archive-date=15 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200515203635/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/julie-goldstein-joins-shivhans-as-head-production-1293639|url-status=live}}</ref> Rawat was invited to join the Executives Branch of the [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] in 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=THE ACADEMY INVITES 398 TO MEMBERSHIP |url=http://press.oscars.org/news/academy-invites-398-membership |access-date=2025-08-21 |website=press.oscars.org |language=en}}</ref>

Rawat is a board member for Annenberg Inclusion Initiative at the [[USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism]].<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web |url=https://annenberg.usc.edu/research/annenberg-inclusion-initiative/aii-board-members/shivani-rawat |title=Shivani Rawat | USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism |publisher=Annenberg.usc.edu |date=2018-09-17 |accessdate=2020-05-14 |archive-date=2020-05-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200526012607/https://annenberg.usc.edu/research/annenberg-inclusion-initiative/aii-board-members/shivani-rawat |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2014, the American film distribution company [[Bleecker Street (company)|Bleecker Street]] entered into an exclusive distribution deal with ShivHans Pictures, ensuring the US distribution for all its films.<ref>{{cite web |author=Alexandra Cheney |url=https://variety.com/2014/biz/news/ex-focus-features-chief-launches-distribution-company-1201282198/ |title=Ex-Focus Features Chief Launches Distribution Company – Variety |publisher=Variety.com |date=2014-08-13 |accessdate=2020-05-14 |archive-date=2020-06-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622005913/https://variety.com/2014/biz/news/ex-focus-features-chief-launches-distribution-company-1201282198/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Rawat attended [[Welham Girls' School]] in Dehradun Uttarakhand India, and is a graduate of [[The New School]] and [[New York Film Academy]].<ref name="Bloomberg_2017"/><ref>{{Cite web|url = https://variety.com/2015/film/news/could-producer-shivani-rawat-be-the-next-megan-ellison-1201454654/|title = Could Producer Shivani Rawat be the Next Megan Ellison?|date = 19 March 2015|access-date = 29 May 2020|archive-date = 8 November 2020|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201108120957/https://variety.com/2015/film/news/could-producer-shivani-rawat-be-the-next-megan-ellison-1201454654/|url-status = live}}</ref>

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%"
|- style="text-align:center;"
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Film
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Notes
|-
|2013 || ''[[Rajjo]]'' || Actress only; as Sakina
|-
| rowspan=2|2015 || ''[[Trumbo (2015 film)|Trumbo]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/gallery/tiff-trumbo-feted-at-thr-822931 |title=TIFF: 'Trumbo' Feted at THR-Hosted Dinner With Bryan Cranston, John Goodman |publisher=Hollywood Reporter |date=2015-09-14 |accessdate=2020-05-14 |archive-date=2023-04-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407190509/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/gallery/tiff-trumbo-feted-at-thr-822931/ |url-status=live }}</ref> || Producer
|-
| ''[[Danny Collins (film)|Danny Collins]]''<ref name="autogenerated1"/> || Executive Producer
|-
| 2016 || ''[[Captain Fantastic (film)|Captain Fantastic]]'' || Producer
|-
|rowspan=4| 2018 || ''[[The Polka King]]''<ref name="autogenerated1"/> || rowspan="4"| Producer
|-
| ''[[Hotel Mumbai]]'' (Uncredited)
|-
| ''[[Brian Banks (film)|Brian Banks]]''<ref>{{cite web |author=Justin Kroll |url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/tom-shadyac-brian-banks-shivhans-pictures-1202402906/ |title='Bruce Almighty' Helmer to Direct 'Brian Banks' Biopic – Variety |publisher=Variety.com |date=2017-04-28 |accessdate=2020-05-14 |archive-date=2020-03-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200305084949/https://variety.com/2017/film/news/tom-shadyac-brian-banks-shivhans-pictures-1202402906/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Beirut (film)|Beirut]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nziff.co.nz/2018/archive/beirut/|title=NZIFF: Beirut|via=www.nziff.co.nz|access-date=2020-05-14|archive-date=2020-01-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200131030553/https://www.nziff.co.nz/2018/archive/beirut/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kcet.org/special-events/beirut-thrills-at-the-2018-spring-kcet-cinema-series|title='Beirut' Thrills at the 2018 Spring KCET Cinema Series|date=April 5, 2018|website=KCET|access-date=May 14, 2020|archive-date=April 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180405191217/https://www.kcet.org/special-events/beirut-thrills-at-the-2018-spring-kcet-cinema-series|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=3|2020 || ''[[Wander Darkly]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://filmmakermagazine.com/108621-sundance-2020-announces-118-feature-films/|title=Sundance 2020 Announces 118 Feature Films|first=Scott|last=Macaulay|date=4 December 2019|access-date=14 May 2020|archive-date=6 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200406134037/https://filmmakermagazine.com/108621-sundance-2020-announces-118-feature-films/|url-status=live}}</ref> || rowspan="2"|Producer
|-
| ''[[The Water Man (film)|The Water Man]]''
|-
| ''[[The Trial of the Chicago 7]]'' || Executive producer
|-
| 2021 || ''[[The Ice Road]]''<ref>{{cite web |author=Mike Fleming Jr |url=https://deadline.com/2020/02/laurence-fishburne-takes-the-ice-road-with-liam-neeson-shivhans-to-co-fi-with-code-entertainment-1202856582/ |title=Laurence Fishburne The Ice Road Liam Neeson; Shivhans Code Entertainment – Deadline |publisher=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |date=2020-02-11 |access-date=2020-05-14 |archive-date=2021-05-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513152458/https://deadline.com/2020/02/laurence-fishburne-takes-the-ice-road-with-liam-neeson-shivhans-to-co-fi-with-code-entertainment-1202856582/ |url-status=live }}</ref> || rowspan="2" | Producer
|-
| 2025 || ''[[Ice Road: Vengeance]]''
|}

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|2961544}}
* [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-01-11/the-sundance-kid-s-hot-streak Bloomberg profile]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20230405212713/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/5517bfea5d9ee British Film Institute profile]

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