Gayatri Bajpai is an Indo-Canadian Director, Writer, and Editor based in Los Angeles and Vancouver (Canada).
She holds an MFA in Directing from UCLA, where she made her thesis film in collaboration with James Franco’s production company Rabbit Bandini,
and is a two-time UCLA Directors’ Spotlight Winner for Best Documentary and Best Comedy.
With a multiethnic, international upbringing, Gayatri is interested in stories about people who find themselves caught between cultures.
Her film HALWA, which she co-directed with Nirav Bhakta,is a top three finalist in the 2019 HBO Asian Pacific American Visionaries short film competition.