About

Founder Geeta Malik received her Master of Fine Arts from UCLA’s graduate film program in producing/directing.  She has created several acclaimed narrative short films, including her viral narrative short, Aunty Gs, which earned a College Television Award (a “student Emmy”) in comedy production from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Her narrative thesis film, Beast, was funded in part by the Edie and Lew Wasserman Film Production Award. Geeta is a recipient of the Coppel Screenwriting Award and the Jack Nicholson Distinguished Director Award.

The College Television Awards

Geeta worked for several years at Showbiz India Television, where she was lead editor, director, and segment producer. The weekly newsmagazine featured news from the Indian Film Industry and was broadcast internationally. She has also consulted for the MY HERO Project, a nonprofit organization dedicated to social activism and media arts education around the globe.  Geeta’s first feature film, Troublemaker, premiered at the 2011 Cinequest Film Festival, and was the first feature completed under the Shetani Films banner.  Her work has been shown and broadcast worldwide.

Shetani Films has worked with the following organizations:

YouSendIt
MyLife Yoga
UCLA – School of Public Health
Current TV
Filmaka
The Sindhu Center of Southern California
The MY HERO Project
Asians for Miracle Marrow Matches
KOCE Orange County
KCET Los Angeles
The IW Group
Mudra Dance Studio
Off-Chance Productions
Embassy Suites