Saila Kariat had a career as an engineer and business owner while dreaming of writing and filmmaking. Saila published many technical articles as a research staff member at IBM Watson Research center in her engineering career. She transitioned to creative work in 2002 - her essays and short stories have been published in
The Nob Hill Gazette, Change Seven, and
What a Mistake, an anthology. She wrote, directed, and co-produced her debut feature
The Valley about an Indian American entrepreneur seeking answers after the suicide of his daughter. Her other feature screenplays include
Gods and Demons,
Love in the Time of Corona,
Release,
Gray and
Jesus Land based on the NYT bestseller by Julia Scheeres; the film is currently in development. She is a member of The Writer’s Grotto, Film Fatales, and SFFilm. Visit her at
www.sailakariat.com.
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