Shayar Bhansali graduated from the American Film Institute in 2014 where his thesis film, Against Night, was nominated for a Student Academy Award. His next project, Zoya, won a Student Emmy Award in 2016. He most recently completed Tailwhip (co-editor), a documentary short that was featured by Short of the Week. He has worked as an assistant editor for films and television projects, most notably The Edge of Seventeen, Kicks, Wild Oats, and Life Sentence. Prior to his work in film, he supervised post-production and editing for BalconyTV India and The Big Indian Picture’s “Tete-a-Tete”, a highly regarded interview series produced by Oijo! and broadcast on NDTV Prime in India. A dreamer and foodie, he is serious about his search for powerful story-telling and also for the perfectly baked butter croissant.