The Filmmaker

Jigyasa Taneja Sethi

Writer & Director

Jigyasa Taneja Sethi made her debut as an independent writer/director with her short fiction film dealing with the complex issue of incest "Dusshera - THE FESTIVAL" that won her a BAFTA and Regional Oscar nomination. The film has been widely shown in the US and India. Jigyasa sold her first commercial feature length screenplay in 2012 and was also part of Times Warner New Voices Screenwriters fellowship for her period drama ”Sukkhi”. She now works independently as a writer director and consultant on India  and International projects.

As a Director and Creator committed to creating unique and bold work in both fiction and non- fiction, Jigyasa works with inner rhythm of character, focusing on strong content across formats and genres. As Creative Director  and Producer of JAM Productions that creates digital ads, digital content and web series,fictional shorts and features with various platforms In India. Her recent short film on teenage body image andsexuality ‘Pari and Pinocchio ‘ for Royal Stag Large Short films ,won her a directorial award at Mumbai Shorts International Film Festival and Dadasaheb Award Jury Mention for Best Short in 2019. 

Over the last decade, She has also been Creative Executive at Viacom Voot and has worked as Creative Director for Television, Assistant to prominent directors in ad films and feature film work across various genres and projects such as Homi Adajania's "Being Cyrus" (2004), Farhan Akhtar's “Don” (2005) Mumbai, Nina Menkes' "Phantom Love" (2007), Janice Tanaka's "Swimming in Air" (2003) Los Angeles.