Shalini Kantayya finished in the top 10 out of 12,000 filmmakers on Fox’s On the Lot, a show by Steven Spielberg in search of Hollywood’s next great director. A William D. Fulbright Scholar, Shalini has received recognition from IFP Spotlight on Documentary, Jerome Hill Centennial, and New York Women in Film and Television. She is a Sundance Fellow, a TED Fellow, and was a finalist for the ABC | Disney Directing Program.