DGC member, Nimisha Mukerji is a multi-award-nominated writer, director and producer whose work has been featured on OWN, HBO, Netflix and Nat Geo. Her biographical feature Tempest Storm is distributed by Mongrel Media; Blood Relative earned three CSA nominations including Best Direction Documentary; and 65_RedRoses, was acquired by Netflix and Hulu making her the only South Asian filmmaker selected by Oprah for her Documentary Club on OWN.
Nimisha Mukerji is a producer on the feature documentary Jacinta, along with the Academy Award-winning team behind Icarus (Impact Partners). The film was in competition at the 2020 Tribeca Film Festival. Additional directorial credits include the teen sci-fi series MECH-X4 for Disney XD, Disney’s action comedy series Gabby Duran & the Unsittables and the film The Deep End for Hallmark’s flagship series Chronicle Mysteries. Nimisha is an alumna of TIFF’s Talent Lab, WIDC Story & Leadership, and was the recipient of Women In View’s 2X More Program. At WIDC, she developed her television series, Reign of Durga which was selected for further development by the NSI-Canada Totally Television program.
Awards & Nominations
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Gabby Duran & the Unsittables (television series)
2021 Nomination, Achievement in Direction Youth or Children’s Programming, Leo Awards
2020 Nomination, Achievement in Direction Family Drama, DGC Awards
Chronicle Mysteries: The Deep End (MOW)
2020 Nomination, Best Direction of anMOW, Leo Awards
Versus the Infected (television series)
2019 Best Direction Youth or Children’s Programming, Leo Awards
Blood Relative: Mumbai’s Forgotten Children (documentary)
2014 Nominations, Donald Brittain Award for Best Social Political/Documentary Program, Best Direction in a Documentary Program, Canadian Screen Awards
(the film also received Nomination for Best Picture Editing in a Documentary Program or Series, Canadian Screen Awards)
2014 Artistic Achievement Award, Women In Film & Television Vancouver Spotlight Awards
The Arrival (short)
2012 RBC Best Emerging Filmmaker, Toronto International Film Festival
65_RedRoses (documentary)
2010 Nomination, Best Direction in a Documentary Program, Canadian Screen Awards (formerly Gemini Awards)