Ria Tobaccowala
Writer/Director for Film and Television
- Role
- Screenwriter at Apple
- Location
- New York, NY, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Ria Tobaccowala
Ria Tobaccowala is a writer and director for film and television. She received her MFA from NYU’s Graduate Film program. Raised on Chicago’s South Side as a first-generation American, she explores racial identity, womanhood, immigration, and multiculturalism in her stories. Her short film, Shadows, was selected for the 2020 Tribeca Film Festival and was distributed on HBO Max. Her first short film, Life After, was selected for several prestigious film festivals around the world, and won best short fiction film at the Chicago South Asian Film Festival. Her newest project, User Zero, a television series about treating mental health with artificial intelligence, received a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Before her career in film, Ria worked at Google. With a passion for storytelling and technology, she led the development of social web experiences and innovations using Google products with content partners, such as The New York Times, FOX, and NBC. Ria produced the 2015 YouTube interview with President Obama. She received her BA in Economics from Harvard University.
Experience
Screenwriter
Nov 2023 — Present
Writer on upcoming one hour drama television series for Apple TV Plus
Education
NYU Stern School of Business
Master of Business Administration - MBA
New York University
Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Filmmaking
Harvard University
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
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