Rhea Dudani is a Los Angeles–based writer/director and producer.

She wrote and directed Flowers (2025), which premiered at New York Shorts International, and previously wrote and directed Bereft (2022), which won the Kalborg Award, 2nd Place, at Visions and Voices. In 2025, she wrote a Nike commercial, expanding her storytelling into branded work. She is currently developing the television pilot Push It and the feature film Retreat, both in active development.

She is currently directing her first feature documentary, Jazba (2023–present), and recently associate produced the feature documentaries Post Mortem (2026) and threeASFOUR (2026). Her narrative short Flowers (2025) premiered at New York Shorts International, and Skin Deep (2025), which she produced, screened at Tasveer Film Festival.

Her previous work includes associate producing The Easy Kind, which premiered at Telluride, and serving as Production Coordinator on the Oscar-nominated Netflix documentary The Martha Mitchell Effect, which premiered at Sundance. She also production coordinated Storm Lake, a Peabody Award–winning documentary that screened at DOC NYC and aired on PBS and Amazon.

A graduate of NYU Tisch School of the Arts, she is currently pursuing her M.F.A. in Screenwriting at USC’s School of Cinematic Arts. She works in development at Hammerstone Studios and supports industry outreach for USC SCA’s First Pitch, where she interfaces with agents, managers, and producers for the annual showcase.

I’m on a mission to amplify South Asian and female voices, using film as a playful yet powerful way to spark conversations and challenge perceptions. Join me on this exciting journey—I can’t wait to see what stories we’ll tell next!