Director: Andrew Nadkarni

Andrew Nadkarni is a queer multiracial filmmaker based in Brooklyn, NY. His directorial debut, BETWEEN EARTH & SKY, won Best Short at Big Sky and Hot Springs Documentary Film Festivals, was shortlisted for the IDA Awards, received two Critics Choice Documentary Award nominations, and a Cinema Eye Honors nomination. The film premiered on POV / PBS in October 2023. A 2023 BRIClab Artist in Residence, he integrates sustainable community care, and trauma-informed practices into his filmmaking process, telling generational stories about diaspora communities. A graduate of NYU Tisch, he’s worked as a reader for documentary grant orgs, production supervisor on the NY Unit of KNIVES OUT 2, and production coordinator on Modern Love and Awkwafina is Nora from Queens. Andrew recently produced the narrative feature, ACTUAL PEOPLE, now streaming on MUBI.