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{{short description|Indian film director}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2024}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Shuchi Talati
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1984}}
| alma_mater =
| known_for = ''[[Girls Will Be Girls (2024 film)|Girls Will Be Girls]]'' (2024)
| website = {{URL|shuchitalati.com}}
}}

'''Shuchi Talati''' is an Indian [[film director]]. She won the Audience Award for Dramatic World Cinema at the [[2024 Sundance Film Festival]] for her film ''[[Girls Will Be Girls (2024 film)|Girls Will Be Girls]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kumar |first=Arun |date=2024-01-29 |title=Shuchi Talati's "Girls Will Be Girls" wins two Sundance awards - The American Bazaar |url=https://www.americanbazaaronline.com/2024/01/29/shuchi-talatis-girls-will-be-girls-wins-sundance-455678/,%20https://www.americanbazaaronline.com/2024/01/29/shuchi-talatis-girls-will-be-girls-wins-sundance-455678/ |access-date=2024-02-08 |language=en-US |archive-date=2024-03-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240318154547/https://www.americanbazaaronline.com/2024/01/29/shuchi-talatis-girls-will-be-girls-wins-sundance-455678/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-01-28 |title=Sundance Film Festival: Ali Fazal-Richa Chadha's debut production 'Girls Will Be Girls' wins two awards, actor reacts |url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/sundance-film-festival-2024-ali-fazal-richa-chadhas-debut-production-girls-will-be-girls-wins-two-awards-actor-reacts-13661702.html |access-date=2024-02-08 |website=Firstpost |language=en |archive-date=2024-02-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240208095609/https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/sundance-film-festival-2024-ali-fazal-richa-chadhas-debut-production-girls-will-be-girls-wins-two-awards-actor-reacts-13661702.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

She studied at the [[American Film Institute]], and served as Creative Head for Indusgeeks.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Shuchi Talati |url=https://www.platform-mag.com/film/shuchi-talati.html |website=Platform |access-date=2024-02-08 |archive-date=2024-02-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240208192624/https://www.platform-mag.com/film/shuchi-talati.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Grobar |first=Matt |date=2024-01-17 |title=Independent Artist Group Signs Shuchi Talati, Director Of Sundance-Bound 'Girls Will Be Girls' |url=https://deadline.com/2024/01/shuchi-talati-girls-will-be-girls-signs-independent-artist-group-1235795567/ |access-date=2024-02-08 |website=Deadline |language=en-US |archive-date=2024-02-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240208193234/https://deadline.com/2024/01/shuchi-talati-girls-will-be-girls-signs-independent-artist-group-1235795567/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Early life ==
Talati pursued Bachelors of Arts in English from [[St. Xavier's College, Mumbai|St. Xaviers College]], Mumbai and a post-graduate diploma in Social Communications Media from [[Sophia College for Women|Sophia College]], Mumbai. She then went on to pursue MFA in Film Directing from [[American Film Institute]] in Los Angeles.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Shuchi Talati {{!}} Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts |url=https://www.newschool.edu/lang/faculty/shuchi-talati/ |access-date=2025-01-28 |website=www.newschool.edu}}</ref>

== Career ==
Talati's short film, ''Mae & Ash'' (2012), was inspired from her personal experience in [[Bombay]], where her boyfriend's ex-girlfriend stayed with him for a week, leading to feelings of insecurity.<ref name=":1" /> She translated her experience into the story of ''Mae & Ash.<ref name=":1" />''

Talati produced the short ''Execution'' (2020), which won a special jury mention at the [[New Orleans Film Festival]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=NOFF2021 Awards and Jurors |url=https://neworleansfilmsociety.org/noff2021-awards-and-jurors/ |access-date=2024-03-18 |website=New Orleans Film Society |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-09-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230925025250/https://neworleansfilmsociety.org/noff2021-awards-and-jurors/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and ''Honolulu'' (2023) by Maya Tanaka,<ref>{{Cite web |title=TRIBECA AND CHANEL ANNOUNCE RECIPIENT OF 2021 PRODUCTION FUNDS FROM 7TH ANNUAL THROUGH HER LENS: THE TRIBECA CHANEL WOMEN'S FILMMAKER PROGRAM |url=https://tribecafilm.com/press-center/press-releases/tribeca-and-chanel-announce-recipient-of-2021-production-funds-from-7th-annual-through-her-lens-the-tribeca-chanel-womens-filmmaker-program |access-date=2024-03-18 |website=Tribeca |archive-date=2024-02-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240208193606/https://www.tribecafilm.com/press-center/press-releases/tribeca-and-chanel-announce-recipient-of-2021-production-funds-from-7th-annual-through-her-lens-the-tribeca-chanel-womens-filmmaker-program |url-status=live }}</ref> and was the story producer for the documentary ''[[Being Mary Tyler Moore]]'' (2023).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Blueprint Screenwriting Group—About Shuchi Talati |url=https://blueprintscreenwritinggroup.com/aboutshuchi |access-date=2024-03-18 |website=blueprintscreenwritinggroup.com |archive-date=2024-03-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240318052554/https://blueprintscreenwritinggroup.com/aboutshuchi |url-status=live }}</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=The current source is insufficiently reliable ([[WP:NOTRS]]).|date=March 2024}}

Apart from her narrative work, Talati has contributed to [[Netflix]]'s ''[[We Are: The Brooklyn Saints]]'' (2021) and [[HBO]]'s ''[[Wyatt Cenac's Problem Areas]]'' (2018), where her episode earned a [[GLAAD Media Award|GLAAD]] award nomination for its exploration of racist policing.<ref name=":3" />

She directed the short ''A Period Piece'' (2021), which premiered at [[SXSW Film Awards|SXSW 2020]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=SXSW Film Festival Announces 2020 MIDNIGHTERS, FESTIVAL FAVORITES, SHORTS, EPISODIC PILOTS, Virtual cinema and art program projects |url=https://www.sxsw.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/2020-SXSW-MIDNIGHTERS-RELEASE.pdf |access-date=2024-03-18 |archive-date=2023-06-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605222311/https://www.sxsw.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/2020-SXSW-MIDNIGHTERS-RELEASE.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> and wrote and directed the film ''[[Girls Will Be Girls (2024 film)|Girls Will Be Girls]]'' (2024), which received generally positive reviews.<ref>{{Citation |last=Talati |first=Shuchi |title=Girls Will Be Girls |date=2024-01-20 |type=Drama, Romance |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt18277182/ |access-date=2024-02-20 |others=Preeti Panigrahi, Kani Kusruti, Kesav Binoy Kiron |publisher=Blink Digital, Cinema Inutile, Crawling Angel Films |archive-date=2023-12-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231207033556/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt18277182/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Girls will be Girls'' won an Audience Award at the [[2024 Sundance Film Festival]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gyarkye |first=Lovia |date=2024-01-26 |title='Girls Will Be Girls' Review: A Distinctive Drama About Fraught Mother-Daughter Relationships |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/girls-will-be-girls-review-1235793396/ |access-date=2024-02-08 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US |archive-date=2024-01-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240129182113/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/girls-will-be-girls-review-1235793396/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Adlakha |first=Siddhant |date=2024-01-21 |title='Girls Will Be Girls' Review: Coming of Age in an Indian Boarding School |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/reviews/girls-will-be-girls-review-1235880476/ |access-date=2024-02-08 |website=Variety |language=en-US |archive-date=2024-02-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240205215912/https://variety.com/2024/film/reviews/girls-will-be-girls-review-1235880476/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=Filmmaker |date=2024-01-20 |title="An Unusually High Concentration of Boarding Schools" {{!}} Shuchi Talati, Girls Will Be Girls - Filmmaker Magazine |url=https://filmmakermagazine.com/124653-shuchi-talati-girls-will-be-girls-sundance-2024/ |access-date=2024-02-08 |website=Filmmaker Magazine {{!}} Publication with a focus on independent film, offering articles, links, and resources. |language=en-US |archive-date=2024-02-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240208194141/https://filmmakermagazine.com/124653-shuchi-talati-girls-will-be-girls-sundance-2024/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=Staff Writer |date=2024-01-22 |title=Suchi Talati's Coming-of-age Feature Film 'Girls Will Be Girls' Premiers at Sundance |url=https://americankahani.com/entertainment/suchi-galatis-coming-of-age-feature-film-girls-will-be-girls-premiers-at-sundance/ |access-date=2024-02-08 |website=American Kahani |language=en |archive-date=2024-02-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240226043655/https://americankahani.com/entertainment/suchi-galatis-coming-of-age-feature-film-girls-will-be-girls-premiers-at-sundance/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and its lead actor [[Preeti Panigrahi]] won a Special Jury Award for Acting for her performance.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-02-02 |title=SRFTI student bags spl jury award at Sundance |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/srfti-student-wins-special-jury-award-at-sundance-film-festival/articleshow/107340087.cms |access-date=2024-02-20 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257 |archive-date=2024-02-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240217050027/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/srfti-student-wins-special-jury-award-at-sundance-film-festival/articleshow/107340087.cms |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Ganesan |first=Ranjita |date=2024-01-26 |title=Why Indo-French movie 'Girls Will Be Girls' was shot by a mostly female crew |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/sundance-film-festival-premiere-shuchi-talati-movie-girls-will-be-girls-female-crew-mother-daughter-teenager-sexuality/article67775315.ece |access-date=2025-01-28 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

== Selected filmography ==

* ''Mae and Ash'' (2012)<ref name=":1" />
* ''A Period Piece'' (2020) - premiered at [[SXSW Film Awards|SXSW 2020]]
* ''[[Girls Will Be Girls (2024 film)|Girls Will Be Girls]]'' (2024)

== Awards and recognition ==

* Bridges-Larson Production award''<ref name=":1" />''
* ''Girls Will Be Girls'' (2024 film) - World Cinema Dramatic (Audience), [[2024 Sundance Film Festival]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Desai |first=Rahul |date=2024-01-29 |title=Sundance 2024: 'Girls Will Be Girls' is a Sublime Story of Discovery and Reckoning |url=https://www.filmcompanion.in/features/film-festivals/reviews/sundance-2024-girls-will-be-girls-is-a-sublime-story-of-discovery-and-reckoning |access-date=2024-03-14 |website=www.filmcompanion.in |language=en |archive-date=2024-03-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240314070646/https://www.filmcompanion.in/features/film-festivals/reviews/sundance-2024-girls-will-be-girls-is-a-sublime-story-of-discovery-and-reckoning |url-status=live }}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==

* {{IMDb name|id=2568240}}
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJxFHj435wc Meet the Artist 2024: Shuchi Talati on "Girls Will Be Girls" - Sundance 2024]

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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Indian film directors]]
[[Category:AFI Conservatory alumni]]
[[Category:1984 births]]
[[Category:Sundance Film Festival award winners]]

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