Shuchi Talati

Talati pursued Bachelors of Arts in English from St. Xaviers College, Mumbai and a post-graduate diploma in Social Communications Media from Sophia College, Mumbai. She then went on to pursue MFA in Film Directing from American Film Institute in Los Angeles.{{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}}

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. She translated her experience into the story of Mae & Ash.

Talati produced the short Execution (2020), which won a special jury mention at the New Orleans Film Festival,{{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 }} and Honolulu (2023) by Maya Tanaka,{{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 }} and was the story producer for the documentary Being Mary Tyler Moore (2023).{{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 }}{{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 award nomination for its exploration of racist policing.

She directed the short A Period Piece (2021), which premiered at SXSW 2020,{{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 }} and wrote and directed the film Girls Will Be Girls (2024), which received generally positive reviews.{{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 }} Girls will be Girls won an Audience Award at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival,{{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 }}{{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 }}{{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 }}{{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 }} and its lead actor Preeti Panigrahi won a Special Jury Award for Acting for her performance.{{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 }}{{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}}

• Mae and Ash (2012)
• A Period Piece (2020) - premiered at SXSW 2020
• Girls Will Be Girls (2024)

• Bridges-Larson Production award
• Girls Will Be Girls (2024 film) - World Cinema Dramatic (Audience), 2024 Sundance Film Festival{{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 }}

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• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJxFHj435wc Meet the Artist 2024: Shuchi Talati on "Girls Will Be Girls" - Sundance 2024]

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