Writer - Director - Producer

Akshaya Sawant is an award winning filmmaker with a diverse international background in creating branded content, episodic series, documentaries, narrative films and social media campaigns in both India and the United States. She has successfully collaborated with prominent global brands such as Spotify, Netflix and Amazon to create original content that has garnered over 80 Million in views.

She is a Dean’s Fellow with an MFA in Film and Media Art from Emerson College. She is most interested in telling stories of our environment and how it affects our lives, and stories of women, non binary folks and children, documenting their experiences in our complex society jaded by gender, culture and traditions.

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Clients

FILMOGRAPHY

Documentaries

  • Hearts Wide Open - Feature - Director, Producer - In Development 2030

  • From Hoops to Harvest - The story of Beulah Family Homestead for Clean Wisconsin - Short - Editor - 2024

  • Lessons from Traditional Hmong American Farming for Clean Wisconsin - Short - Editor - 2023

  • Cows in the Woods: What it takes to create Silvopasture for Clean Wisconsin - Short - Producer, Director, Editor - 2023

  • Tools For Tomorrow for Amazon CSR - Episodic Series - Senior Creative Producer - 2022

  • Untitled - Feature - Creative Producer, Second Unit Director - In Post-Production 2021

  • Talking To The Wind - Feature - Director, Writer, Producer, Editor - 2020

  • The T.Smith Experience - Episodic Series - Director, Producer, Cinematographer, Editor - 2019

  • Lalo - Short - Co-Director, Cinematographer, Editor - 2016

  • Daddy-O - Short - Cinematographer, Editor - 2016

Fiction Films

  • Tubelight Ki Cycle - Short - Writer, Director, Producer - 2025

  • When Jay Met Ammar - Feature - Co-Director, Producer - 2025

  • When Jay Met Ammar - Short - Co-Director, Editor - 2022

  • Happy Housewarming - Short- Director of Photography - 2021

  • Breach - Short - Assistant Camera - 2019

  • Object Permanence - Short - Director of Photography - 2019

  • Astray - Short - Assistant Camera, Gaffer - 2019

  • Turn Around - Short - Assistant Camera - 2018

  • Undercovered - Short - Assistant Camera - 2019

  • Honest India - Short - Writer, Editor - 2018

  • The Internship - Short - Writer, Director, Editor - 2018

  • Faith - Short - Assistant Director, Camera Assistant, Post Production Superviser - 2017

  • Amavasya - Short - Writer, Director, Cinematographer, Editor - 2017

  • Come On In - Feature - Second Assistant Director, Assistant Editor, BTS Videography and Still Photography - 2016

  • Chronos 5.0 - Short - Cinematographer - 2016

  • City Of Dreams - Short - Writer, Cinematographer, Editor - 2015

  • Out Of Boredom - Short - Writer - 2012

Branded Content

  • Metaband - Teaser and trailer for 2 times Oscar and Grammy winning music composer and living legend A. R. Rehman - Senior Creative Producer - 2024

  • Game Of Life - Music Video collaborating with A. R. Rehman for NEXA Music - Senior Creative Producer - 2023

  • That PostPe Life - Client PostPe - Senior Creative Producer - 2022

  • Gamers Unplugged with Dynamo Gaming - Client Spotify Original Podcast - Senior Creative Producer - 2022

  • Godfather - Client Spotify Music Partnership - - Senior Creative Producer - 2022

  • Vendhu Thanindhathu Kaadu - Client Spotify Music Partnership - - Senior Creative Producer - 2022

  • Podcast Special with R J Balaji - Client Spotify - Senior Creative Producer - 2022

  • Nam Mannin Isai (The Music of Our Land) for Ponniyin Selvan: I - Client Spotify Music Partnership - - Senior Creative Producer - 2022

  • Films Day - Client Netflix - Senior Creative Producer - 2022

  • Jamtara - Client Netflix - Senior Creative Producer - 2022

  • Commander Karan Saxena - Client Spotify Original Podcast - Senior Creative Producer - 2022

  • Droh - Client Spotify Original Podcast - Senior Creative Producer - 2022

  • Pajama Party with Captain Nick - Client Spotify Original Podcast - Senior Creative Producer - 2022

  • My Dear Ma Ka Pa - Client Spotify Original Podcast - Senior Creative Producer - 2022

  • Jolly O Gymkana - Client Spotify Original Podcast - Senior Creative Producer - 2022

  • Bhaskar Bose Season 2 - Client Spotify Original Podcast - Senior Creative Producer - 2022

  • Gangistaan - Client Spotify Original Podcast - Senior Creative Producer - 2022

  • ACP Gautam - Client Spotify Original Podcast - Senior Creative Producer - 2022

  • Virus 2062 - Client Spotify Original Podcast - Senior Creative Producer - 2022

  • Art Of Everything - Episodic Series - Client CRED - Senior Creative Producer - 2022

  • The Long Game - Episodic Series - Client CRED - Senior Creative Producer - 2022

  • Buzz Off - Episodic Series - Client CRED - Senior Creative Producer - 2022

Videography

  • Magik Maths - Writer, Director, Cinematographer, Editor - 2023

  • Taste the Change - Cinematographer, Editor - 2023

  • Nipun weds Shruti - Cinematographer, Editor - 2021

  • Maryann weds Hazem - Cinematographer, Editor - 2018

  • David weds Shannon - Cinematographer, Editor - 2017

  • Castle of Our Skins - Line Producer, Cinematographer, Editor - 2017

  • Kinjal weds Amit - Cinematographer, Editor - 2015

  • Dhara weds Manmohit - Editor - 2015

  • SueEllen weds Deepak - Cinematographer, Editor - 2014

  • Karishma weds Sudhir - Cinematographer, Editor - 2014

  • Shweta weds Roshan - Cinematographer, Editor - 2014

  • Amrita weds Dhaval - Cinematographer, Editor - 2014

  • Re-Imagining Mumbai - Editor - 2014

  • Aditi weds Samir - Cinematographer, Editor - 2014

  • Aishwarya weds Rahul - Cinematographer, Editor - 2014

  • Dipie weds Amay - Cinematographer, Editor - 2014

  • Supriya weds Rohan - Editor - 2014

  • Firdous weds Mazhar - Editor - 2014

  • ISVIR - Corporate Video - 2014

  • Rabiah weds Mateen - Editor - 2013

  • Sonali weds Dhaval - Cinematographer, Editor - 2013