Zoya Parvin
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Director
- Actress
Zoya is an upcoming contemporary Indian director; she has worked in the film industry for about a decade, spending her early years working as an assistant director with several well-regarded Indian filmmakers from R Balki, Sujoy Ghosh and Rahul Dholakia to ultimately working in the capacity of First Assistant Director with her mentors Zoya Akhtar and Anurag Kashyap in recent years. She served as the Showrunner/Executive Producer on the series Eternally Confused and Eager For Love, produced by Zoya Akhtar and Reema Kagti for Netflix under their banner Tiger Baby. She has worked across a wide range of genres on landmark projects including Gully Boy, Sacred Games, Ghost Stories, and Raees to name a few. Zoya made her directorial debut with Clean, a short film written and directed by her and produced by Sikhya Entertainment. Clean was released on Amazon miniTV in December 2021 to widely positive reception and was awarded at the IWMBuzz Digital awards this year for Best Film, Best Cinematography and Best Dialogues. Zoya was also nominated for 'Best Writing - Short Film' at the 2023 Critics Choice Awards for the same film. Zoya is currently developing a dysfunctional family drama/thriller series as her upcoming directorial venture, alongside exploring interesting commissioned opportunities.