Bombay

:::.............................. KRISHNA SHAH Born in India, a graduate of Bombay, Yale, and UCLA, Krishna Shah is the first Asian-American writer/director/producer who has won critical acclaim both on Broadway and in Hollywood. On Broadway, Shah directed and co-authored, with Alan Paton, the South African Play “Sponono,” as well as off-Broadway productions of “The King of the Dark Chamber” (Rabindranath Tagore), which ran for a year and received 2 Obies awards. He also directed Milton Hood Ward’s “Kindly Monkeys” at New Arts Theatre in London. In Hollywood, Shah’s feature-length screenplays include “Island in Harlem” for MGM, “April Morning” for Samuel Goldwyn, Jr., and “Rivals” that he produced and directed for Avco starring Joan Hackett and Robert Klein. His television directing includes “Love American Style,” “The Flying Nun,” and “The Six Million Dollar Man.” Recently Shah has concentrated on films dealing with India. His presentation of Nagesh Kukunoor’s “Hydrabad Blues” became one of the highest grossing independent films in India. “The Prince of Light,” a $12 million animated film that he co-wrote and produced is scheduled for a U.S. release with 300 prints. The film was one of the nine contenders for the Oscars in the 2002 “feature animation” category. As President and CEO of Double Helix Films, a public company, and then of the Carnegie Film Group, Shah brought his companies to aggressive stances in the distribution industry. Shah is now president of his own company, MRI, Inc., a production-distribution foreign sales company. In this capacity the films he’s handled include Jim Carey’s first (“Introducing Janet”), Uma Thurman’s first (“Kiss Daddy Goodnight”), “Matewan” (James Earl Jones), and the all-time horror cult favorite, now being extended into features with AEI and Shah producing, and AEI client Michael Simpson, scripting, “Sleepaway Camp II and III.” Shah’s “StoryTelling Seminar” is held regularly in Bombay. Email Shah