Kaveri Kaul
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Kavery Kaul is an American independent film director
and teacher, born in India and brought up in the United States. She started her directing career with First Look, the winner of the Best Cultural Film Award at the Festival of New Latin American Cinema. Filming a rich variety of subjects, Kavery’s films have been shown at festivals in Berlin, London, and Sydney, and other countries including Japan, India, Burkina Faso
and Martinique
. She is a recipient of the New York Foundation for the Arts
Fellowship in Film, and a two-time National Endowment for the Arts
awardee.
Her documentary films include Long Way from Home, One Hand Don’t Clap, Wild at Art, Soul Gone Home and First Look.
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
and teacher, born in India and brought up in the United States. She started her directing career with First Look, the winner of the Best Cultural Film Award at the Festival of New Latin American Cinema. Filming a rich variety of subjects, Kavery’s films have been shown at festivals in Berlin, London, and Sydney, and other countries including Japan, India, Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso – also known by its short-form name Burkina – is a landlocked country in west Africa. It is surrounded by six countries: Mali to the north, Niger to the east, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Côte d'Ivoire to the southwest.Its size is with an estimated...
and Martinique
Martinique
Martinique is an island in the eastern Caribbean Sea, with a land area of . Like Guadeloupe, it is an overseas region of France, consisting of a single overseas department. To the northwest lies Dominica, to the south St Lucia, and to the southeast Barbados...
. She is a recipient of the New York Foundation for the Arts
New York Foundation for the Arts
The New York Foundation for the Arts was created in conjunction the in 1971. The organization gives grants to individual artists and writers and developing arts organizations with a mission to '.'-NYFA's Programs:...
Fellowship in Film, and a two-time National Endowment for the Arts
National Endowment for the Arts
The National Endowment for the Arts is an independent agency of the United States federal government that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence. It was created by an act of the U.S. Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal government. Its current...
awardee.
Her documentary films include Long Way from Home, One Hand Don’t Clap, Wild at Art, Soul Gone Home and First Look.