Hemal Trivedi is an Indian documentary film director, editor and producer.
15 Facts About Hemal Trivedi
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Hemal Trivedi is best known for her work on the documentaries Shabeena's Quest, and Among the Believers.
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Hemal Trivedi holds an MBA in Marketing from SVKM's NMIMS and an MFA from the University of Florida.
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Hemal Trivedi has been editing and directing documentary films for 20 years.
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Hemal Trivedi's films have screened in prestigious festivals like Sundance, TIFF, Tribeca, IDFA, CPH-DOX, Telluride, IFFI Goa, Berlin Film Festival.
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Hemal Trivedi is a member of Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Television Academy.
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Hemal Trivedi has served as a speaker, mentor, panelist and judge for TEDx, Independent Film Week, the Emmys, Oscars and other prestigious awarding bodies.
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In 2015, Hemal co-directed the feature documentary, Among the Believers, along with Mohammed Ali Naqvi, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival.
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In 2020, Hemal Trivedi directed, Battleground, about current political divide, as seen through the eyes of two grassroots political leaders in the key pivot county of Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania, and aired nationally on PBS.
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Hemal Trivedi started her filmmaking career at Odyssey Networks where she made short films focussed on building bridges of understanding in conflict zones around the world.
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The film won an Academy Award and Hemal Trivedi won her first Emmy for Outstanding Editing.
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Hemal Trivedi was born and raised in an inner-city chawl of Mumbai, India, Hemal Trivedi spent her formative years striving to climb the social ladder.
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Hemal Trivedi did odd jobs ranging from working as a concierge in Mumbai's five-star hotels, to a lab technician in a microbiology lab.
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Hemal Trivedi worked in mutual funds in India before moving to the US to pursue her passion for non-fiction storytelling.
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Hemal Trivedi has a master's degree in Journalism and Mass Communications from University of Florida.