Years active 2008–present Movies The Last Marble | Spouse(s) Emmanuel Pappas Parents Mac Mohan, Minny Makijany | |
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Born 23 February 1987 (age 30) ( 1987-02-23 ) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Occupation Director, producer, writer, assistant director Siblings Vinati Makijany, Vikrant Makijany | ||
Manjari Makijany is a writer, director and producer who works on American films and Hindi films. Manjari is the Daughter of Bollywood actor, Mac Mohan and cousin of actress Raveena Tandon. She is best known for her award winning short films, The Last Marble (2012) and The Corner Table (2014).
Makijany was one of eight women chosen to participate in the AFI Conservatory's Directing Workshop for Women 2016. She is the second Indian to participate in the prestigious program since its inception in 1974. As part of the AFI DWW she directed, I See You (2016), a dramatic thriller about a suicide bomber who has a change of heart on the New York Subway. She is also one of 25 Women selected to participant in the inaugural Fox Filmmakers Lab 2017.
Makijany completed UCLA's Professional Screenwriters Program, where she developed her feature screenplay, City of Gold. The script was nominated for the Nate Wilson's Joie De Vivre Award in 2015.
Makijany has worked as an Assistant Director on Indian films Wake Up Sid and Saat Khoon Maaf. She also worked on Disney’s live action-animation Lilly the Witch: The Journey to Mandolan, Gandhi of the Month and the Indian schedules of Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol and The Dark Knight Rises.
Makijany's foray into writing and directing began with a 7-minute silent film, The Last Marble (2012) that premiered at the Seattle International Film Festival and received much critical appreciation winning International awards for ‘Best Film’ at Indian Film Festival of Melbourne. The film was included as the ‘Best of Fest’ at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival and screened in over 30 International festivals.
The Corner Table (2014), was her second film and featured Padma Shri awarded actor Tom Alter. The 24-minute short film went on to win ‘Best Actor’ and ‘Special Jury Mention’ at the Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival New Delhi (2014) and was nominated for ‘Best Film’. It also was nominated for ‘Best Film’ at the New York Indian Film Festival (2014). The film was a part of the Cannes Short Film Corner and an ‘Official Selection’ of the Emerging Filmmakers Showcase at the American Pavilion - Cannes Film Festival. Manjari was the only Indian woman filmmaker chosen as part of this showcase.