Indrani Pal-Chaudhuri
Indian-born Canadian-British director, photographer, artivist and lecturer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Indrani Pal-Chaudhuri is an Indian artist, film director, and photographer.
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Born | 1983 (age 40–41) Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
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Education | Princeton University (Cultural Anthropology) |
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Website | indrani |
Pal-Chaudhuri has collaborated with Lady Gaga, Beyonce, Jennifer Lopez, Alicia Keys, Jay-Z, and Kanye West.[1] Her work was discovered by David Bowie and Iman (model) who commissioned her first album cover for "Heathen"[2][3] and later Bowie launched her directorial debut, commissioning her first major music video, for his song "Valentine's Day" exploring the mind of a high school shooter, on his album The Next Day.[4]
Her work has won the Tribeca Film Festival 2019 Disruptive Innovation Award, where she was described as "A leading director and voice for women's empowerment",[5] the CNN Expose Best Picture Award, and two gold Cannes Lions.[6] Her editorial clients include Vogue, GQ, Vanity Fair, Harper's Bazaar, and Interview magazine. Brands such as Nike, Pepsi, L'Oréal Paris, Lancôme, LVMH, Hugo Boss, Anna Sui, Skyy Vodka, and Remy Martin have hired Pal-Chaudhuri to create advertising campaigns. Her campaign for Keep A Child Alive raised over $3.5 million and over 1.5 billion impressions, to provide anti-retroviral treatment for families with HIV in Africa and India.[7][8][9][10]
Described as a "rad feminist" by Julianne E. Shepherd, editor-in-chief of Jezebel,[11] and as "an activist filmmaker tackling some of the biggest issues facing the world,"[12] Pal-Chaudhuri is a human rights, sustainability, diversity, LGBTQIA+ and women's empowerment advocate.[13] Recognized by the United Nations as a Women's Entrepreneurship Distinguished Fellow, a Max Mark-Cranbrook Global Peacemaker, Co-Host of the Global People's Summit at the United Nations, Organizer and Host of the Princeton University Lewis Center "Art of Anti-Racism and Social Justice"[14] symposium. She is also a Princeton University Visiting Lecturer on "Moving Millions with Art and Film for Human Rights and Social Justice."[15]