Saanvi Deshini is a seventeen-year-old writer and filmmaker. A big dreamer, she aspires to tell stories about the people and communities around her. She loves all kinds of writing, although she is most drawn to dramatic and comedic screenwriting.
She wants to create opportunities for creatives and support emerging artists. Check out her production company, Dashwood Films, and non-profit magazine, Buggin'.
She has worked on 12 short films, taking on roles as a writer, director, editor, director of photography, boom operator, and 1st assistant camera.
She independently writes of all of her films, and she is currently developing her feature film Call Me Up and an original play, I Fold.
Big on advocacy, she is heavily involved in local politics, helping out on local campaigns with graphic design and community organization.
At school, she is editor-in-chief of her high school's newspaper and directs and stage manages with her theatre program.
This page is an archive of many of the creative projects she's taken on over the years, and it is a website she independently designed and runs.
Creative Resume
Here are some of the creative projects Saanvi has worked on over the years:
