Srishti Riya Jain

Director by day, Screenwriter by night, Cinema-analyst in transit and Psychologist of the film industry.

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

About

DA And On Set music curator for ‘Made In Heaven’ , Directed the BTS for Fukrey, Dedh Ishqiya , Tumbbad , Newton . Experienced writer, director and creative associate with 8/9 years work experience in various mediums of film making . Including documentary , BTS , Fiction (branded content and comedy sketches) , Music videos (with over 25 million views ) and stop motion animation. Experienced film writer and journalist with over 300 published articles in newspapers as well as across digital media. Specialisation in film aesthetics , art history and criticism with a keen knowledge and insights in international and world cinema.

Experience

  • Film Critic at Film fugitives
    Apr 2025 - Present · 1 yr 4 mos

  • The Cinema That Made Us - Podcast series at Freelance, self-employed
    Apr 2020 - Present · 6 yrs 4 mos

  • Director/ screenwriter at Freelancer
    Aug 2020 - Apr 2025 · 4 yrs 9 mos

    Have directed a web-series that releases in March 2021 on Apple TV, Eros now and Jio cinema about women prisoners called ‘Hindmata’. Have directed commercial ads and promos for brands like, ‘PILLSBURY’, ‘Bank of Baroda’, ‘Moj app’, ‘Amazon Mini TV’, ‘Colors tv’ over the last 9 months.

  • Second unit director (Big Girls Dont Cry on Amazon Prime ) at Mangata films
    Nov 2022 - Feb 2023 · 4 mos

    Directed 2nd unit / associate for the amazon prime show ‘big girls don’t cry’ which released on the platform on 8th March 2024

  • Hauterfly - Channel Head at Fork Media
    Mar 2020 - Sep 2020 · 7 mos

    Currently running a completely created during lockdown campaign called ‘My Quarantine Story’