Asha Shahinian is a screenwriter and director who received their Film MFA from Columbia University. Their short films have won multiple awards on the festival circuit including the Best Student Film Award from Flickers: Rhode Island International Film Festival, the Best Short Film Award from the Golden Apricot Yerevan International film festival and the Audience Award from the Lighthouse International Film Festival.

Their screenplays have been Semi-Finalists and Quarterfinalists at Scriptapalooza, Script Pipeline, Shore Scripts, Creative World Awards as well as a Global Script Finalist at the Oaxaca Film Festival and placed in the top 5% on Coverfly.