Shuchi Kothari is a screenwriter, producer, and academic. Her screen credits as a writer include feature films (Firaaq, Apron Strings), short films (Coffee & Allah, Clean Linen, Fleeting Beauty), and a television series (A Thousand Apologies). Both her co-written features Firaaq and Apron Strings premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2008.  In 2010, Shuchi was nominated in the Best Screenplay category at the 52nd Annual Filmfare awards in India. Shuchi has produced award-winning short films, and executive-produced six short films including the internationally acclaimed Six Dollar Fifty Man. Shuchi held the New Zealand Film Commission’s Producer Oriented Development (POD) for short films in 2006 and 2007.  She is also the recipient of the New Zealand Film Commission’s Writer’s Award for 2009. She teaches Screen Production in the Department of Film, Television and Media Studies at the University of Auckland.