Sohil Vaidya

Sohil Vaidya is a Writer and Director based in Mumbai and Los Angeles. He has won multiple awards, such as 70th National Film Award (Rajat Kamal/ Silver Lotus), Grand Prix at Melbourne International Film Festival, Directors Guild of America's Best Student Short, Leo Award at Da Vinci FIlm Festival, Best Short Film at National Film Division Corporation (NFDC) Film Bazaar and Artistic Excellence Award at SCAD Savannah Film Festival. His films have been officially selected for more than 100 film festivals worldwide like Rotterdam, Melbourne, Chicago, Raindance, Indian Panorama at IFFI, Palm Springs, Newyork Indian Film Festival, etc.

​Sohil's works have been distributed and screened on various channels such as SBS Australia, PBS Rhode Island, Omeleto, Viddsee and ShortTV US to name a few. He is a BAFTA Fellow for their newcomer's program in Los Angeles. He graduated from the University of Southern California (USC) Film School with MFA in Film/TV Directing. At USC Sohil was chosen to co-direct an episode for a Warner Brothers Studios funded project Samir. Financing his education was only possible for him with the help of numerous scholarships such as the James Bridges Directing Scholarship and Edward Thomas Troutner Cinematography Scholarship.

​Sohil is developing his first feature film named 'Aadim' (Primordial) a Neo-Noir Psychological Folk Thriller/Horror which was selected for NFDC Film Bazaars Co-Production Market. 2022.