About Me
Vinnoth Krishnan is a first-generation Indian filmmaker and multidisciplinary artist from Malaysia based in Lincoln and Los Angeles whose work focuses on giving immigrant narratives to the forefront with a focus on South Asian, Southeast Asian, and pockets of other Asian diasporic spaces.
As a filmmaker, his body of work waves through the themes of resistance, preservation, desire to belong, and pride as an immigrant in the Midwest and West Coast. As a storyteller he believes in the sovereignty and self-sufficiency of every living being; a prefigurative view that focuses on reframing and redeeming our voices through underrepresented narratives that focus on character-driven stories that explore various corners of immigrant narratives.
More recently, he is the 2023 Undocufilmmakers Collective Screenwriting Fellow and the 2023 Define American Fellow. Prior to this, Vinnoth was an actuary who turned to become a filmmaker by joining Princella Parker a producer with Vision Maker Media and Nebraska Public Media making The Quiet Power of Danielle Smith part of the Native Daughters series and Healing Hearts with VMM, stories that focus on reservation communities.
Working with underrepresented artists and collaborators, he continues to create short-form documentaries, films and music videos alligned with his beliefs to create an authentic voice and change.
