Sindha Agha

Sindha Agha is a BAFTA-winning and Emmy-nominated director & writer working in film & TV.

Sindha’s first film "Birth Control Your Own Adventure" (THE NEW YORK TIMES) went viral with 12.5 million organic views and was nominated for a 2019 News & Documentary Emmy.

Most recently, Sindha wrote & directed the BAFTA-winning short-form comedy series “How to Be a Person” (CHANNEL 4).

Sindha has been awarded two Sundance Institute fellowships (Ignite & New Voices), won the Cannes Lions Gold Young Director Award, won “Best Episodic” at Tribeca X, wrote & co-executive produced “The Principles of Pleasure” (NETFLIX), directed two seasons of her series “Body Language” (BBC THREE) and contributed to RADIOLAB, THE NEW YORKER, VOX, THE ATLANTIC, MTV and more.

Sindha is currently in development on her first TV series with BBC Comedy and Boffola Pictures.

POETRY HELPED MY HEART SURVIVE

THE DESIRE TO OWN NOTHING

• The New York Times — Ways to Read, Write, Teach and Learn Poetry

• The New York Times — Five Short Films by Women, About Women

• The New York Times — 15 Short Films Worth Your Time

• The Atlantic Selects — Sindha Agha

• Shots — Sindha Agha on how to make a YDA-winning series

• Creative Review — The visceral visuals of Sindha Agha

• Video Consortium — Sindha Agha, Nonfiction Video’s New Frontier

• AdWeek — Ad of the Day: New BBC Series Sheds Light on Women Suffering Through Pain in Silence

• Radiolab — Sex Ed: What Are Periods? feat. Sindha Agha

• Communication Arts — Sindha Agha: Filmmaking Against Expectations

• The Advocate — 14 Female Filmmakers Showed #TimesUp at Sundance

• Broadway World — Sundance Institute Announces 2018 Ignite Fellows

• Director’s Notes — Feature

• Buena Vibra — Sindha Agha Apalabrea Lo Que Callamos