Writer | Director | Author
NIRAJ
PANCHOLI
Niraj Pancholi is a multi-award winning writer & director of the movie Cosmic Light. He is currently based in Los Angeles.
For his short film Cosmic Light, Niraj was awarded the Gold Remi at the WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival (USA), Semi-Finalist at the Columbia International Film and Animation Film (USA), Honorable Jury Mention at the Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival (India), and Special Jury Mention at the Rajasthan International Film Festival (India). His film was officially selected at notable film festivals such as the Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival (USA), Long Island International Film Expo (USA), Glendale International Film Festival (USA), and Silicon Beach Film Festival (USA), to name a few.
For his feature film screenplay of Cosmic Light, he became a Finalist at the Toronto International Nollywood Film Festival (Canadian Screen Award and Telefilm Canada qualifying) and a Semi-Finalist at the Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival (Academy Award Qualifying, BAFTA Qualifying, and Canadian Screen Award Qualifying).
Recently, he has been working with an executive to pitch his feature project and also writing a fantasy-adventure middle-grade novel.