Aesha Nadarajah

Ayesha got her start as a production assistant on the Academy Award nominated and Emmy Award-winning documentary- LIFE, ANIMATED. She co-produced the feature documentary AMERICAN JAIL which explores the forces that fuel America's sprawling prison system for CNN. Ayesha was associate producer on HBO's documentary THE APOLLO about the iconic Harlem theater which opened the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival and was shortlisted for an Academy Award.

Ayesha co-directed and produced the Emmy Nominated virtual reality documentary TRAVELING WHILE BLACK, which premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival.

Ayesha co-produced the Emmy Nominated feature documentary about artist, activist Harry Belafonte; THE SIT-IN: HARRY BELAFONTE HOSTS TONIGHT SHOW chronicles the week that Belafonte took over the Tonight Show for Johnny Carson in 1968. In the three weeks leading up to the 2020 election, Ayesha, in association with Tribeca Studios and The Shed, produced NOVEMBER, a film that pairs an examination of white male privilege in the United States today with images of Black joy, freedom, and beauty, directed by Phillip Youmans.

Most recently, Ayesha co-produced the feature documentary THE LIFE AND NEAR DEATH OF TRAVIS BARKER about the musician and producer. Ayesha is currently directing a feature documentary about a pop singer and has several documentary series in development.