Andrew Nadkarni is an Oscar-shortlisted filmmaker based in Brooklyn, New York. His directorial debut, BETWEEN EARTH & SKY, won Best Short at Big Sky and Hot Springs Documentary Film Festivals, and was nominated for two Critics Choice Awards and the Cinema Eye Honors. Following the film’s premiere on POV / PBS, it was shortlisted for the 2024 Academy Awards.

A 2023 BRIClab Artist in Residence, he integrates sustainable community care, and trauma-informed practices into his filmmaking process, telling generational stories about diaspora communities.

A graduate of NYU Tisch, Andrew was an associate producer on BEL CANTO, production supervisor on the NY Unit of GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY, and production coordinator on MODERN LOVE and AWKWAFINA IS NORA FROM QUEENS. Andrew recently produced the narrative feature, ACTUAL PEOPLE, now streaming on MUBI.