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| name = Manjari Makijany<br />
| birth_date = {{birth based on age as of date|25|2012|10|29}}<ref name="TOI"/><br />
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| occupation = Director, producer, writer, assistant director<br />
| years_active = 2008–present<br />
| father = [[Mac Mohan]]<br />
| relatives = [[Raveena Tandon]] (cousin)<br />
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| children = 1<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CV3QI82PlY2/ | title=Manjari Makijany on Instagram: "ZOYA our "life" is here! We welcomed her into this world on Oct 31st, 2021 Truly the Best Diwali of our lives! Wishing you all a very Happy and Prosperous Diwali from us 🪔✨🌟❤️🧿" }}</ref><br />
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'''Manjari Makijany''' is an Indian writer, director and producer who works on American and [[Hindi films]]. She is best known for her award-winning short films, ''The Last Marble'' (2012) and ''The Corner Table (2014)''.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Last Marble|url=http://thelastmarble.com/|website=official website}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The Corner Table|url=http://www.thecornertablefilm.com/|website=Official Website}}</ref><br />
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==Early life==<br />
Makijany is the daughter of Bollywood actor [[Mac Mohan]] and cousin of actress [[Raveena Tandon]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Parkar|first1=Shaheen|title=Raveena and cousin Manjari have their films screened on the same day|url=http://www.mid-day.com/articles/raveena-and-cousin-manjari-have-their-films-screened-on-the-same-day/180557|publisher=Mid-day|date=8 September 2012}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
Makijany was one of eight women chosen to participate in the [[AFI Conservatory|AFI Conservatory's]] [[Directing Workshop for Women]] in 2016. She is the second Indian to participate in the program since its inception in 1974.<ref>{{cite web|title=AFI DWW 2016 participants|url=http://afi.com/dww/bios2016.aspx|website=American Film Institute Directing Workshop for Women}}</ref> As part of the AFI DWW she directed, ''I See You (2016)'', a dramatic thriller about a suicide bomber who has a change of heart on the [[New York City Subway]]. She is also one of 25 Women selected to participant in the inaugural Fox Filmmakers Lab in 2017.<ref>{{cite web|work=[[IndieWire]]|date=15 January 2017|title=American Film Institute Reveals 25 Women Chosen for the Fox Filmmakers Lab|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2017/01/american-film-institute-fox-filmmakers-lab-25-women-1201769247/}}</ref> Manjari was one of eight filmmakers selected to participate in the inaugural Universal Pictures Directors Intensive in 2017.<ref>{{cite web|work=[[Deadline Hollywood|Deadline]]|date=29 September 2017|title=Universal Sets Eight Directors For 'Directors Intensive' Program Promoting Diversity|url=https://deadline.com/2017/09/universal-sets-eight-directors-for-diiversity-program-1202179504/}}</ref><br />
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Makijany completed UCLA's Professional Screenwriters Program, where she developed her feature screenplay, City of Gold. The script was nominated for the Nate Wilson's Joie De Vivre Award in 2015.<br />
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Makijany worked as an Assistant Director on Indian films ''[[Wake Up Sid]]'' and ''[[Saat Khoon Maaf]]''. She also worked on Disney's live action-animation ''[[Lilly the Witch: The Journey to Mandolan]]'', ''Gandhi of the Month'' and the Indian schedules of ''[[Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol]]'' and ''[[The Dark Knight Rises]]''.<ref name="TOI">{{cite news|last1=Lalwani|first1=Vickey|title=Mac Mohan's daughter wishes to fulfill her dad's dream|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Mac-Mohans-daughter-wishes-to-fulfill-her-dads-dream/articleshow/17001800.cms|work=[[Times of India]]|date=29 October 2012}}</ref><br />
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Makijany's foray into writing and directing began with a 7-minute silent film, ''The Last Marble'' (2012) that premiered at the [[Seattle International Film Festival]] and received much critical appreciation winning International awards for "Best Film" at [[Indian Film Festival of Melbourne]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=D’Mello|first1=Yolande|title=Sambha's daughter picks up booty|url=http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:LowLevelEntityToPrint_TOINEW&Type=text/html&Locale=english-skin-custom&Path=TOIPU/2012/06/24&ID=Ar03101|work=Times of India Pune|issue=Times Life Page 31|date=12 June 2012}}</ref> The film was included as the ‘Best of Fest’ at the [[Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival]] and screened in over 30 International festivals.<br />
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''The Corner Table ''(2014) was her second film and featured [[Tom Alter]]. The 24-minute short film was nominated for "Best Film" at the [[New York Indian Film Festival]] (2014). The film was a part of the Cannes Short Film Corner and an "Official Selection" of the Emerging Filmmakers Showcase at the American Pavilion - [[Cannes Film Festival]]. Manjari was the only Indian woman filmmaker chosen as part of this showcase.<br />
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In 2019, Makijany began filming ''[[Skater Girl]]'' (2021), a narrative feature film written by Vinati Makijany and Manjari Makijany which follows the story of a teenage tribal girl in [[Rajasthan]], India who discovers skateboarding after a thirty-something British-Indian woman introduces skateboarding to a village. ''Skater Girl'' is Makijany's directorial debut feature and was filmed on location in Khempur, Udaipur, Rajasthan in 2019. The film introduces newcomer Rachel Sanchita Gupta, and stars [[Amrit Maghera]], Jonathan Readwin, Swati Das, Ankit Rao, and [[Waheeda Rehman]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Vijayakar|first1=R.M.|title=waheeda-rehman-returns-to-udaipur-years-after-guide-for-desert|url=https://www.indiawest.com/entertainment/bollywood/waheeda-rehman-returns-to-udaipur-years-after-guide-for-desert/article_7388a2a0-c042-11e9-adb0-938e6f7a61d3.html|publisher=IndiaWest|date=16 August 2019}}</ref> As part of the film, the producers built Rajasthan's first and, at the time India's largest, skatepark. Spanning over 15,000 sq ft, it remains a public skatepark facility for children and visiting skaters.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Coutinho|first1=Natasha|title=Mac Mohan's Daughters Manjari and Vinati enter Bollywood with Indias first film on skateboarding|url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/mac-mohans-daughters-manjari-and-vinati-enter-bollywood-with-indias-first-film-on-skateboarding/articleshow/69364104.cms|publisher=Mid-day|date=17 May 2019}}</ref><br />
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Her next release in 2021 was [[Disney Channel original film]] ''[[Spin (2021 film)|Spin]]'', a film about an Indian American teen who learns she has a passion for creating DJ mixes.<ref>{{cite press release|title=Avantika Vandanapu to Star and Manjari Makijany to Direct "Spin," A Newly Greenlit Disney Channel Original Movie|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2020/08/20/avantika-vandanapu-to-star-and-manjari-makijany-to-direct-spin-a-newly-greenlit-disney-channel-original-movie-503215/20200820disney01/|publisher=[[Disney Channel]]|via=[[The Futon Critic]]|date=August 20, 2020|access-date=2020-08-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release|title=Disney Channel's First Indian American Movie 'Spin' 'Is a Dream Come True': New Photos (Exclusive)|url=https://www.etonline.com/disney-channels-first-indian-american-movie-spin-is-a-dream-come-true-new-photos-exclusive-162100/|publisher=[[Disney Channel]]|via=[[Entertainment Tonight]]|date=March 12, 2021|access-date=2021-03-17}}</ref><br />
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