Tanya Bindra is a New York-based film producer and photographer, with roots in Switzerland, Canada, the UK, Tanzania and New Jersey. She most recently field produced “STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie” (Sundance 2023 | Apple TV+) and co-produced the feature-length documentary “2nd Chance” (Sundance 2022 | Showtime). Her photography and moving-image work explore the production of global cultures, with particular emphasis on the everyday spirituality of diasporic communities. She is a 2023 En Foco Photography Fellowship recipient.
Tanya started her career as a multimedia journalist, spending a decade reporting on breaking news, conflict and migration in over 20 countries across West and Central Africa, South Asia, Central America and Europe for outlets such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, Newsweek, Le Monde, The Associated Press, on humanitarian advocacy campaigns with ACLU, MSF, UNICEF and others. Prior to turning to documentary work, Tanya previously provided crisis support and legal accompaniment services to survivors of sexual assault and later continued advocacy work at an immigrant workers center. She holds a bachelor's degree from McGill University in International Development and Gender, Sexuality, Feminist, and Social Justice Studies.
Contact: tanya@tanyabindra.com