Amitabh Joshi

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About Amitabh Joshi

Amitabh Joshi is a director and producer whose work blends cultural storytelling with independent documentary and broadcast media. His films have screened at SXSW, DOC NYC, Busan International Film Festival, and on PBS, and have been supported by the Princess Grace Foundation, CAAM, and the Jerome Foundation. His most recent film, Have You Seen My Gods, is a lyrical feature documentary about the repatriation of stolen Nepali deities. Through personal narrative and investigative storytelling, the film explores grief, cultural memory, and resistance to colonial theft and the movement for restitution. In 2020, Amitabh co-directed a short film for American Masters and Firelight Media’s Masters in the Making, featuring Grammy-nominated jazz musician Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah. He served as co-producer on A Little Wisdom (SXSW, DOC NYC Viewfinders Jury Prize) and directed Tashi’s Turbine, his debut feature, which aired on PBS’s WORLD Channel and screened at festivals worldwide. He was selected for the Lincoln Center Artist Academy at the New York Film Festival and has directed and shot projects for Art21. Amitabh continues to create work across the US, Nepal, and beyond, focusing on intimate, human-centered stories rooted in place and history.