Richie Mehta

Film director and writer

Mehta created, wrote, and directed the 7-part Netflix series Delhi Crime (2019), revolving around the Delhi Police’s investigation of the infamous gang-rape of a young medical student on a bus in 2012. The series garnered widespread critical acclaim, won several awards – including India’s first International Emmy for Best Drama Series, and the Asian Academy Award for Best Drama Series and Best Director. Mehta’s first feature film, Amal (2007), starred Naseeruddin Shah, Roshan Seth, and Seema Biswas. The film won over 30 international awards, was nominated for 6 Genie awards, including Best Picture, Director, and Adapted Screenplay, and was named one of the top ten Canadian films of the decade by Canadian trade magazine Playback. He then wrote and directed I’ll Follow You Down (2013), a sci-fi drama starring Gillian Anderson, Rufus Sewell, and Victor Garber, and Siddharth (2013), a Hindi-language film that premiered at the Venice Film Festival. Siddharth received over 25 International Awards, and was shortlisted for best foreign language film at the 2015 Golden Globe Awards. Mehta then directed the feature documentary India In A Day (2016), tracking a day in the life of India, and produced by Ridley Scott. Mehta recently completed an episode of the Apple TV+ anthology series Extrapolations, and is currently in post-production on his 8-part series on wildlife crime.