Aditya Patwardhan is a Los Angeles based film director, producer, and social impact storyteller whose work spans fiction, documentary, docu-fiction, and experimental cinema. A graduate of the New York Film Academy, he has created multilingual productions in English, Spanish, Portuguese, and Korean, collaborating with artists and crews across India, the U.S., Brazil, South Korea, and Europe. His films—streaming on platforms like Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, Zee TV, and MTV Indies—have screened at international festivals and earned numerous awards, with acclaimed titles such as Pink Belt, A Nomad River, and Red Soul addressing pressing issues from gender equality to climate change and human trafficking. Founder of Mithraspect, Aditya combines creative vision with production expertise, leading cross-border teams with empathy and precision. Featured in media outlets such as The Times of India, Bloomberg-Quint, HarperCollins’ Highway to Swades, etc, he is also a sought-after public speaker, festival juror, and advisor to arts and sustainability organizations, using cinema as a catalyst for empathy, dialogue, and transformation.