ROHI MIRZA PANDYA
Producer, Hiding Divya
Producing Director, Desipina & Company

Rohi has garnered attention for her numerous producing accomplishments in film, television and theater. It has been a good year for Rohi, her productions have won awards in all three industries: Live Audience Award (NBC Universal), the Telly Award and the New York Innovative Theatre Award. Film producing credits include: the award-winning short Modern Day Arranged Marriage and the upcoming feature film Hiding Divya - www.hidingdivya.com starring Madhur Jaffrey, Pooja Kumar and Deep Katdare. Both films are currently on the international film festival circuit. TV producing credits include: the award-winning mini-series Finding My America, the 2005 & 2006 SASA Specials and the 2005 DesiClub.com South Asian Media Awards.

Rohi is co-founder and Producing Director of Desipina & Company (www.desipina.org), an arts company focusing in film and theatre and is firmly dedicated to promoting cross-pollinations of artistic, political, and cultural dialogues. Desipina & Co. has produced numerous theater productions and is in its fifth season. Theater producing credits include: Broke, Barriers a play which addresses the backlash against South Asians post 9/11 and the award-winning and popular Seven.11 series. Seven.11 is a show that consists of seven eleven minute plays all set in a convenience store which for the last four years consistently bridged the gap between the South Asian and Asian communities.

She holds a MBA from the University of Colorado and a BA in Economics and Political Science from Rutgers University.



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