Chithra Jeyaram is a physical therapist-turned-filmmaker dedicated to exploring resilience, community, and love within biological and chosen families, delivering stories with emotional resonance, artistic integrity, and a focus on the untold. She directed and produced the award-winning feature documentary Love Chaos Kin, an exploration of a multicultural family navigating open adoption, showcasing an inclusive and connected America. She is the lead producer of the critically acclaimed short documentary Amma’s Pride, an intimate portrait championing trans rights, family acceptance, and marriage equality. Beyond directing and producing, Chithra is a skilled documentary editor, an adjunct faculty member at NYU, and is currently developing her debut narrative screenplay, The Longest Summer. Her work has been supported by the Visions du Réel RoughCut Lab, the Chicken & Eggcelerator Lab, the BGDM Artist Fellowship, the Gotham Documentary Fellowship, and the Jerome Foundation, and has been featured on 2M, PBS, CBSN, Apple TV, SIFF, BlackStar, SXSW, and DOC NYC. Food is her first love, and she is an avid runner who has completed 15 marathons. She calls Chennai and New York City home.