Shruti Tewari
Storyteller, Filmmaker,
Actor
ABOUT
Her
SHRUTI TEWARI has spent over two decades in the creative arts, with acting projects ranging from a Bollywood blockbuster to numerous award-winning independent films, and writing projects including screenplays, stage plays, and fiction. After stints in investment banking and tech, she, an MBA from Mumbai and an MIA from Columbia University, changed course to authentically represent immigrant voices.
After re-emerging from cancer treatment, she deepened her craft by completing the Granta Literary Short Fiction Workshop, the Interdisciplinary Writers Lab, and the South Asian Literature and Art Festival's writing lab. She is currently working on a novel about immigrant women's identities and has developed a collection of short stories of hope and survival titled "Diagnosis Positive."
In 2023, she wrote a rom-com feature "Layup in a Lehenga," placed in the Entertwine AAPI playwriting competition and showcased her short play, "Check Out Grandma," in Los Angeles. She also toured the festival circuit with her award-winning short, "Stain Resistant," including in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and the Bay Area. Additionally, she was chosen to be a part of Fresh Baked Pears, a cohort of BIPOC playwrights from the Bay Area, creating a short play, "Wrinkled Velvet."
Selected for the Women of Color Filmmakers Lab in 2022, she also won the YBCA Artist Power Convenings grant and BraveMaker Pitch Fest grant to finish her third short film. A past member of Playground Writers pool, she has also completed the Sundance Collab directors and producers programs. Her screenplays have won the Alliance of Women Filmmakers Scriptwriting Competition and placed as a finalist at WeScreenplay Diverse Voices Lab, Big Apple Film Festival, and Austin Film Festival Pitch Fest. Her award-winning films as writer and director include "Trail Past Prejudice," "Mum," and "Stain Resistant." For her work with at-risk youth, she received a Certificate of Honor from the City and County of San Francisco for creating positive impact through the arts.
