Manjari Makijany is an Emmy Nominated Indian-born filmmaker based between Los Angeles and Sydney who works on American Film and Hindi films.
15 Facts About Manjari Makijany
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Manjari Makijany is best known for directing the Netflix original feature film Skater Girl and the Disney Channel original movie Spin.
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Manjari Makijany directed several short films like her award-winning shorts, The Last Marble, The Corner Table and I See You before venturing into feature filmmaking.
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Manjari Makijany is the daughter of Bollywood actor Mac Mohan, cousin of actress Raveena Tandon and Aunt of Rasha Thadani.
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Manjari Makijany did her schooling from Jamnabai Narsee School, Juhu and Graduation from Jai Hind College.
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Manjari Makijany completed UCLA's Professional Screenwriters Program, where she developed her feature screenplay, City of Gold.
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Manjari Makijany was one of eight women chosen to participate in the AFI Conservatory's Directing Workshop for Women in 2016.
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Manjari Makijany is the second Indian to participate in the program since its inception in 1974.
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Manjari Makijany is one of 25 Women selected to participant in the inaugural Fox Filmmakers Lab in 2017.
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Manjari Makijany was one of eight filmmakers selected to participate in the inaugural Universal Pictures Directors Intensive in 2017.
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Manjari Makijany was the only Indian woman filmmaker chosen as part of this showcase.
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Manjari Makijany assisted on Dunkirk and Wonder Woman.
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In 2019, Makijany began filming the Netflix Original Film Skater Girl, a narrative feature film written by Vinati Makijany and Manjari Makijany which follows the story of a teenage tribal girl in Rajasthan, India who discovers skateboarding after a thirty-something British-Indian woman introduces skateboarding to a village.
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Manjari Makijany is co-founder of the Skate Basti Foundation, a Los Angeles based 501c3 non-profit organization dedicated to building community skateparks anchored with art, play and education as the centerpiece to empower young people in underserved communities.
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Manjari Makijany is co-founder of the Desert Dolphin Skatepark, a community skatepark located in Khempur, Rajasthan, India.