Shalini Kantayya

Shalini Kantayya
Kantayya at the Environmental Media Awards in 2016
NationalityAmerican
Alma materHampshire College (BA)
City College of New York (MFA)
Occupations
  • Filmmaker
  • activist
  • speaker
AgentLavin Agency
Known forFox's On the Lot, Catching the Sun, A Drop of Life
TelevisionOn the Lot, Breakthrough
Websitewww.shalinikantayya.net

Shalini Kantayya is an American filmmaker and environmental activist based in Brooklyn, New York, whose films explore human rights at the intersection of water, food, and renewable energy. Kantayya is best known for her debut feature documentary, Catching the Sun.