Mrugesh Thakor is a Brooklyn-based writer and director born in India. His films have screened at the CineYouth Festival by Acaemy Award-qualifying Chicago International Film Festival, Canadian Screen Award-qualifying New York Shorts International Film Festival, the International Film Festival of South Asia Toronto, and others. He holds a BFA in Film from Pratt Institute.
Growing up between two cultures, he became deeply sensitive to the quiet forces that shape identity. His work draws from a poetic realist tradition, influenced by filmmakers such as Yasujirō Ozu and Edward Yang, embracing stillness, observation, and emotional restraint. Through intimate yet objective storytelling, he captures the human condition through layered portraits of people and places.