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Rintu Thomas
- Location:
- India
- Languages:
- English, Hindi, Malayalam
- Issues:
- Climate Change, Education, Racial Injustice, Privacy and Surveillance, Women and Girls
- Expertise:
- Impact Producing, Alternative Distribution
- Cultural/racial identity:
- South Asian
- Self identification:
- Woman
Bio
Rintu Thomas is an Academy Award® nominated filmmaker whose decade-long body of work sits at the intersection of storytelling as both an art and a transformative conversation. A 2021 IDA Courage Under Fire Award honoree, Rintu is an IDA Logan Elevate grantee and a Sundance Fellow.
Her feature documentary, WRITING WITH FIRE (2021), described by The Washington Post as “The most inspiring journalism movie – maybe ever” is a double Sundance winner, a New York Times Critics’ Pick and a Grierson, IDA and a PGA Awards nominee. Along with winning 35 awards, the film is India’s first documentary to be nominated for an Academy Award.
In 2009, Rintu co-founded Black Ticket Films, a production company invested in the power of storytelling. With a strong eye on social justice stories, Black Ticket Films’ award-winning slate of films are being used as advocacy, impact and education tools by institutions across the world. Rintu lives between New Delhi and a quaint mountain-town in North India.
