Kalpna Singh-Chitnis
- Producer
- Director
- Writer
Kalpna Singh-Chitnis is one of the most versatile Independent
Filmmakers in Hollywood. Film Director/Writer/Producer and a poet
Kalpna Singh-Chitnis was born in Gaya, Bihar, India. Educated at Magadh
University and New York Film Academy Kalpna began her career as a
writer and a lecturer of Political Science and International relations
in India. She also worked as an actress and a model before turning to
film directing and producing. She found success as a writer at very
young age and own many awards in India, including the prestigious
Rajbhasha Award given by the government of Bihar, India, for her poetry
collection "Chand Ka Paivand." Kalpna moved to the United States in
1994 and lived in Illinois for seven years before moving to California.
Kalpna's short film Girl With An Accent screened at many film festivals
and won Silver Ten Award at the SMTV Mumbai film festival in 2006.