Sanjay Rawal
Sanjay Rawal (born October 30, 1974) is an Indian-American documentary film director who lives in New York City. His 2014 film Food Chains premiered at the Berlin Film Festival in its Culinary Cinema Programme[1] and had its US premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival.[2]
Food Chains is produced by Smriti Keshari, Eva Longoria, Eric Schlosser, Hamilton Fish V and Rawal himself.[3] Rawal was a winner of the 2015 James Beard Foundation Award for Special/Documentary for Food Chains.[4]
He was raised in northern California, where his father is a tomato breeder, and so Rawal was introduced to the agricultural industry at a young age.[5] He began Food Chains in 2011, after witnessing the inequality in the fields of Florida.[6] In March 2016, Rawal was thanked by the Bernie Sanders campaign for the licensing of related video footage used in the Sanders' advertisement titled "Tenemos Familias."[7]
Rawal's second documentary film, Challenging Impossibility, premiered at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival[8] and played in nearly 70 more.[9] It won awards at several film festivals including at the Atlanta Shortsfest.[10] His first film Ocean Monk won the Best Documentary Short Award at the 2010 St. Louis International Film Festival.[11]
Prior to becoming a filmmaker, Rawal was deeply involved with international development and ran projects in over 40 nations.[12] He worked on projects with celebrities like Wyclef Jean[13] and Donna Karan.[14] Rawal was also engaged in activism regarding peace, security, and women's issues—serving on the first men's committee for V-Day.[15]
Much of his work has been inspired by his spiritual teacher Sri Chinmoy[12] and he has edited and published books by this leader—including America the Beautiful,[16] which was read as an audio book by Richard Dreyfuss.[17]
References
- ^ "Berlin: Eva Longoria-Produced 'Food Chains' to Screen in Culinary Cinema Section". The Hollywood Reporter. 2014-01-20. Retrieved 2014-06-12.
- ^ http://tribecafilm.com/festival/events/ttatm-food-chains
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2141739/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
- ^ James Beard Foundation, / The 2015 Book, Broadcast, and Journalism Awards: Complete Winner Recap, James Beard Foundation, April 24, 2015
- ^ Sanjay Rawal (2014-04-22). "Three Things You Don't Know About Your Tomato | Sanjay Rawal". Huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2014-06-12.
- ^ Sanjay Rawal (2013-03-28). "Enjoying that Tomato On Your Sandwich? Don't Forget to Thank a Farmworker". Magazine.good.is. Retrieved 2014-06-12.
- ^ "Sanders Campaign Thanks Documentary Director Sanjay Rawal for 'Tenemos Familias' Footage". BernieSanders.com. 10 March 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
- ^ "Tribeca Interview: Challenging Impossibility Directors Sanjay Rawal and Natabara Rollosson". CinemaBlend.com. 2011-04-23. Retrieved 2014-06-12.
- ^ "Festivals". www.challengingimpossibility.com. Retrieved 2014-06-12.
- ^ "Awards". www.challengingimpossibility.com. Retrieved 2014-06-12.
- ^ "Meet Your Food Chain (VIDEO)". Civil Eats. Retrieved 2014-06-12.
- ^ a b "InterView Sanjay Rawal MAY2013". Carolann-gleason.com. Retrieved 2014-06-12.
- ^ Strom, Stephanie (2010-02-04). "Haitian Quake Brings More Money and Scrutiny to a Charity". The New York Times.
- ^ "Mark Juddery: Challenging Impossibility: Challenging the Oscars". Huffingtonpost.com. 2012-08-17. Retrieved 2014-06-12.
- ^ "Men & Boys". Until The Violence Stops. Retrieved 2014-06-12.
- ^ "Richard Dreyfuss Receives 'America's Promise' Award". Reuters. 2010-09-28. Retrieved 2014-06-12.[dead link]
- ^ "Richard Dreyfuss Gets Back to Fundamentals | On Air Videos | Fox News". Video.foxnews.com. 2011-01-20. Retrieved 2014-06-12.