A former ballerina, published fiction author and sometimes college film instructor, Devi is a proud alumnus of AFI’s Directing Workshop for Women and Fox Studios Filmmakers Lab, and a scholarship recipient of the Nostos Screenwriting Retreat in Tuscany. Her screenplays have placed in such competitions as the Nicholl Fellowships, Slamdance and PAGE Awards, and her films have screened at over 500 festivals worldwide, garnering awards, distribution and critical acclaim. She is currently in the final stages of adapting her multi-award winning screenplay, THE ART OF SUICIDE, into her debut novel, which landed her one of 10 coveted spots in GrubStreet's 2021-22 Novel Incubator Workshop. When she’s not writing and directing, she chases monkeys around the world with her anthropologist partner. She's also a co-founder/writer of Beyond the Bechdel, a feminist cinema blog.
A former ballerina, published fiction author and sometimes college film instructor, Devi is a proud alumnus of AFI’s Directing Workshop for Women and Fox Studios Filmmakers Lab, and a scholarship recipient of the Nostos Screenwriting Retreat in Tuscany. Her screenplays have placed in such competitions as the Nicholl Fellowships, Slamdance and PAGE Awards, and her films have screened at over 500 festivals worldwide, garnering awards, distribution and critical acclaim. She is currently in the final stages of adapting her multi-award winning screenplay, THE ART OF SUICIDE, into her debut novel, which landed her one of 10 coveted spots in GrubStreet's 2021-22 Novel Incubator Workshop. When she’s not writing and directing, she chases monkeys around the world with her anthropologist partner. She's also a co-founder/writer of Beyond the Bechdel, a feminist cinema blog.
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