Film/TV Story Consultant, Journalist & Critic

Ritesh Mehta works in Los Angeles as a story producer, journalist and film critic. He is the former Co-Director of Programming of the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles, and has consulted for Sundance, Fox, and Disney. Currently, he writes for IndieWire and Filmmaker Magazine. Ritesh has published in academic journals such as Cognition and Poetics, and received his PhD in Communication and Media from the Annenberg School at the University of Southern California.

Panelist On: The Consultants’ Cut: Scientific Accuracy in Storytelling– Moderator

Twitter: @mehta_critic | Instagram: mehtacritic