Shasha Nakhai

Biography

Shasha Nakhai is a Filipino-Iranian Canadian film director, most noted as codirector with Rich Williamson of the 2021 film Scarborough. The film won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Picture, and Nakhai and Williamson won the award for Best Director, at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022. A partner with Williamson in the production firm Compy Films, she first became known for her 2018 documentary film Take Light, which was a CSA nominee for Best Short Documentary at the 5th Canadian Screen Awards in 2017. She was also a producer of Williamson's short documentary film Frame 394, which was a CSA nominee for Best Short Documentary at the 5th Canadian Screen Awards in 2017. Description above from the Wikipedia article Shasha Nakhai, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.