Zoya Akhtar

Zoya Akhtar’s work has earned her an Emmy Award nomination, a NETPAC Award for Best Asian Film, world premieres at both the Festival de Cannes and the Berlinale, and India’s official entry to the Academy Awards. Her most recent endeavor, The Archies (2023), is the official adaptation and the first ever feature-length film of the globally revered Archie comic series. Through the company Tiger Baby, Akhtar produced the critically acclaimed series Made in Heaven (2019), the celebratory docu-series Angry Young Men (2024), and the Berlinale Series Award-nominated Dahaad (2023), which garnered international acclaim, solidifying Akhtar’s reputation as a storyteller with universal appeal. This year, Tiger Baby has focused on unscripted storytelling, including the nature documentary Turtle Walker (2024), and In Transit, a series that follows the lives of nine transgender individuals.

As director

* ** THE ARCHIES (2023)

* GHOST STORIES (2020, short film)

* ** MADE IN HEAVEN (2019, TV)

* ** GULLY BOY (2019)

LUST STORIES (2018, short film)

* DIL DHADAKNE DO (2015)

* BOMBAY TALKIES (2013, short film)

* RUNNING WITH THE BULLS / ZINDAGI NA MILEGI DOBARA (2011)

* LUCK BY CHANCE (2009)

* Also screenwriter

** Also producer 

As screenwriter and producer 

ROAR / DAHAAD (Reema Kagti, Zoya Akhtar, 2023, TV)

As producer

IN TRANSIT (Ayesha Sood, 2024, Doc)

TURTLE WALKER (Taira Malaney, 2024, Doc)