Shivani Rawat is a film producer based in

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known for producing

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like '' Danny Collins'' (2015), '' Trumbo'' (2015), '' Captain Fantastic'' (2016) and '' Brian Banks'' (2018). She is the founder and CEO of ShivHans Pictures, a production house that supports feature films that don't fit into the

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model. In May 2020, former head of

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and

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, Julie Goldstein, joined ShivHans Pictures as Head of Production. Rawat is a board member for Annenberg Inclusion Initiative at the

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. In 2014, the American film distribution company

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entered into an exclusive distribution deal with ShivHans Pictures, ensuring the US distribution for all its films. Rawat attended

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in Dehradun, and is a graduate of

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and

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Filmography

References

External links

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Bloomberg profile

British Film Institute profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rawat, Shivani Living people American theatre managers and producers Indian film producers American women film producers Indian women film producers American women television producers People from New Jersey Television producers from New York City Film producers from New York (state) The New School alumni Welham Girls' School alumni New York Film Academy alumni Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American women