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Senain Kheshgi

Los Angeles & San Diego

Director/Producer

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Title/Occupation:  Consultant  Director  Educator  Producer  Writer 

Gender: Female

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Senain Kheshgi is a Pakistani-American journalist and filmmaker who has produced, written and directed projects for numerous networks including, CNN, ABC NEWS, PBS, Discovery, and the BBC. Senain co-produced her first feature documentary, THE FIRST YEAR with Academy Award winning director, Davis Guggenheim (Oscar winner for AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH) which was broadcast on PBS and went on to be awarded the prestigious George Foster Peabody Award. She has also produced and assisted on projects with Shari Berman and Robert Pulcini (directors of AMERICAN SPLENDOR and HOLLYWOOD FOREVER) as well as with Sophie Fiennes (sister of Ralph and Joseph Fiennes and director of the BBC film, HOOVER STREET REVIVAL).

Senain was a Sundance Institute Fellow, where she attended the Documentary Editing, Composer and Producing Labs (2006) and a Tribeca All Access Fellow (2005). She is a recipient of the Rockefeller Foundation/ Renew Media’s Media Arts Fellowship and was recently awarded the prestigious Asia 21 Fellowship from The Asia Society, which aims to help prepare young leaders for the challenges and responsibilities of global citizenship. Senain recently served on the selection committee for the International Documentary Association’s DocuWeek Documentary Showcase which helps qualify documentaries for Oscar® consideration. She was also selected as a Filmmaking Fellow for Jehane Noujaim’s global, Pangea Day . Senain serves on the Board of Advisors for Cine, a theater in her hometown of Athens, Georgia and has served on the Artistic Board of L.A. art festival, ArtWallah.

Senain is currently working on a series of short films entitled DAY AT THE BEACH, commissioned by Cinelan, a company founded by Morgan Spurlock (writer/director/producer of SUPER SIZE ME) and consulting on several projects including Ross Kauffman’s WAIT FOR ME. She is also developing a documentary about the current state of affairs in Pakistan. Senain recently taught a documentary filmmaking workshop at Emory University and frequently speaks on panels and conducts workshops on ways to incorporate social justice engagement through documentary filmmaking. Her keen interest in exploring religious and cultural conflict, human rights, and interfaith dialogue through film and media inspired her to make PROJECT KASHMIR.