Naomi Shroff-Mehta (she/they) is a University of Southern California (USC) MFA Film and Television Production graduate, Annenberg Fellow, and student Emmy, student Cannes, and industry award-winning filmmaker. She is from Washington D.C, and is a graduate of Scripps College, earning her BA in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Media Studies.

After graduating from Scripps and working in neuroscience research at the California Institute of Technology, Naomi realized that storytelling was her true passion, and decided to pursue a production career in film and television. Since completing her MFA, she has worked on a range of projects, from Unreal Engine and AI mega-budget features and shorts, to impactful documentaries and educational media.

Naomi strives to create and work with diverse casts and crew - she is determined to truly create spaces where talented artists from any background can feel nurtured, respected, and celebrated for sharing authentic stories.

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Past and Current Adventures

  • Harvard Medical School

    Educational Video Editor, HUCTW

    Created high level educational medical videos for corporate, academic, and governmental organizations using AI-powered tools and high-level animation design techniques.

  • Walt Disney Pictures

    Apprentice Editor, MPEG

    Worked within an Unreal-Maya-Avid editing workflow to help deliver a studio-level live action animation film.

  • Casual Films

    Video Editing Intern

    Edited and built commercial and corporate materials for high-level commercial clients using Adobe Premiere and AI-powered workflows.

  • Caltech

    Student Researcher

    Researched creativity, high-focus flow states, and audio-visual hallucinations as an undergrad and recent grad.