Ashish Avikunthak has been producing films for the past 25 years. The films produced by him have been shown worldwide in film festivals, galleries and museums including the Tate Modern, London, Centre George Pompidou, Paris, Taipei Biennial 2012, Shanghai Biennial 2014, etc. He has a PhD in Cultural and Social Anthropology from Stanford University. He is now an Associate Professor in Film/Media at Harrington School of Communication, University of Rhode Island.