Jyoti Mistry

Jyoti Mistry
Mistry in 2020
Born1970
Durban, South Africa
Alma materUniversity of the Witwatersrand, Honours degree in Comparative Literature
New York University, Masters in Cinema Studies with a Certificate in Culture and Media; PhD in Cinema Studies
Known forfilm directing, installation art and scholarly writing/teaching
AwardsAssociation of International Film Schools Teaching Award (2016)

Jyoti Mistry (born 1970) is a South African film director, installation artist, teacher and scholar of Indian ancestry. Her films explore the complexity of racial identity, multiculturalism and gender in modern South Africa through a decolonised lens.