Sanjay Rawal
Sanjay Rawal (born October 30, 1974) is an Indian-American documentary film director who lives in New York City. His latest film Food Chains premiered at the 2014 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, Sanjay, Eric Schlosser and Hamilton Fish V.[3] Rawal was a winner of the 2015 James Beard Foundation Award for Special/Documentary for Food Chains. [4]
Rawal was raised in northern California. His father is a noted tomato breeder and at a young age, Sanjay was introduced to the agricultural industry.[5] He began Food Chains in 2011 after witnessing the inequality in the fields of Florida [6] Rawal's second documentary film, Challenging Impossibility, premiered at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival[7] and played in nearly 70 more.[8] It won awards at several film festivals including at the Atlanta ShortsFest.[9] His first film Ocean Monk won a best short documentary award (online) at the 2010 St. Louis International Film Festival.[10]
Prior to becoming a filmmaker, Rawal was deeply involved with international development and ran projects in over 40 nations.[11] He worked on projects with celebrities like Wyclef Jean[12] and Donna Karan.[13] Rawal was also involved with issues of Women, Peace and Security and was on the first men's committee for V-Day.[14] Much of his work was inspired by his teacher Sri Chinmoy[11] and he has even edited and published books by this spiritual leader including America the Beautiful[15] which was read as an audio book by Richard Dreyfuss.[16]
References
- β "Berlin: Eva Longoria-Produced 'Food Chains' to Screen in Culinary Cinema Section". The Hollywood Reporter. 2014-01-20. Retrieved 2014-06-12.
- β http://tribecafilm.com/festival/events/ttatm-food-chains
- β http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2141739/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
- β James Beard Foundation, / The 2015 Book, Broadcast, and Journalism Awards: Complete Winner Recap, James Beard Foundation, April 24, 2015
- β Sanjay Rawal (2014-04-22). "Three Things You Don't Know About Your Tomato | Sanjay Rawal". Huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2014-06-12.
- β 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.
- β "Tribeca Interview: Challenging Impossibility Directors Sanjay Rawal and Natabara Rollosson". CinemaBlend.com. 2011-04-23. Retrieved 2014-06-12.
- β "Festivals". www.challengingimpossibility.com. Retrieved 2014-06-12.
- β "Awards". www.challengingimpossibility.com. Retrieved 2014-06-12.
- β "Meet Your Food Chain (VIDEO)". Civil Eats. Retrieved 2014-06-12.
- 1 2 "InterView Sanjay Rawal MAY2013". Carolann-gleason.com. Retrieved 2014-06-12.
- β Strom, Stephanie (2010-02-04). "Haitian Quake Brings More Money and Scrutiny to a Charity". The New York Times.
- β "Mark Juddery: Challenging Impossibility: Challenging the Oscars". Huffingtonpost.com. 2012-08-17. Retrieved 2014-06-12.
- β "Men & Boys". Until The Violence Stops. Retrieved 2014-06-12.
- β "Richard Dreyfuss Receives 'Americaβs Promise' Award". Reuters. 2010-09-28. Retrieved 2014-06-12.
- β "Richard Dreyfuss Gets Back to Fundamentals | On Air Videos | Fox News". Video.foxnews.com. 2011-01-20. Retrieved 2014-06-12.