Roja Gashtili (Writing)

Roja Gashtili is a writer and director. She was born in Iran and later relocated to Missouri. After completing college, she moved to New York City, where she began her career in documentary filmmaking at Alex Gibney’s Jigsaw Productions. She served as a coordinator on Charles Ferguson’s Oscar-nominated No End in Sight (2007). She contributed to notable projects including Martin Scorsese’s George Harrison: Living In The Material World (2011) and Lorne Michaels’ SNL: In The 90s (2015). Roja has also worked as a producer on MTV’s Exiled (2008), Morgan Spurlock’s Warrior Poets (2009), and content for Refinery29. Currently based in Los Angeles, Roja collaborates closely with filmmaker Julia Lerman. Together, they created the short film Rita Mahtoubian Is Not A Terrorist (2015) during their fellowship at AFI’s Directing Workshop for Women. The film premiered at the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival and was nominated for the 2015 Student Visionary Award. Their earlier work earned them the Tribeca All Access grant and inclusion in IFP’s...Read More