Anjalika Sharma

Anjalika Sharma is a director, video producer, video editor, photographer, and writer based in San Diego, California, United States. She graduated from Cathedral and John Cannon School, Mumbai, with distinction in subjects like economics, Sociology, Anthropology, and Psychology. She then pursued her Bachelor's degree in Economics from St. Xavier's College, Mumbai. Anjalika has completed her postgraduate diploma in Direction and Screenplay Writing from the globally acclaimed Satyajit Ray Film & TV Institute, Kolkata, India. Due to her exceptional vision and storytelling ability, her thesis film, MeenaJha, received the National Award for Best Debut of a Director at the Indian National Awards in 2001.

Since moving to the United States in 2001, she has worked on narrative and documentary films, including two documentaries for PBS, an American public broadcaster and television program, and six shorts for the U.S. Air Force. She has also curated Indie films, freelanced as a writer, and produced and edited videos. Anjalika established Indie Nari Productions in 2014. ‘Indie’ means independent and 'Nari' means woman in Hindi. She aspires to direct and create well-written, interpersonal films that people take the time to watch and appreciate. Her latest short film, Mae, available on Amazon Prime, has been appreciated and acknowledged for its directorial perfection by critics and audiences alike.