About Us
Our Team
LEENA PENDHARKAR, Writer/Director
Leena Pendharkar is an award-winning Writer and Director. She premiered her sophomore feature film, 20 Weeks, at the Los Angeles Film Festival. It was described as an “intimate, compassionate take on abortion” by the Los Angeles Times, and was released theatrically in 10 cities in April of 2018, and on Hulu and a number of other platforms. Leena recently directed the television movie, A Date with Deception for Mar Vista/Lifetime, and two episodes of the kids’ show, Hello Jack! for Apple TV Plus. She is an alum of the Warner Brothers TV Directing Workshop. Leena is an Associate Professor of Film Production at LMU, and holds an MFA in Screenwriting from UC-Riverside
JANE KELLY KOSEK, Producer
Jane Kelly Kosek develops, writes, and produces narrative and documentary feature films. Her passion for telling stories about extraordinary people brought her to producing the documentary Bethany Hamilton: Unstoppable and contributing to two companion books with Harper Collins: Unstoppable Me and Be Unstoppable. Most recently, she has produced the award-winning feature drama Epiphany, the teen comedy Pitching Tents, and the critically acclaimed romantic drama 20 Weeks. Other producing credits include Take Me Home, Not Since You, The Diary of Preston Plummer, Tennessee, and Straight Line. The short documentary she
produced on the Keystone XL Pipeline titled Pipe Dreams was shortlisted for an Oscar.
CHELSEY NEDERS, Producer
Chelsey most recently produced the feature film Fractured, and co-produced the feature film Epiphany. She has worked on television series for the History Channel, HGTV, Discovery Channel, and TLC. She was a development assistant for producers Stephen David, Edward R. Pressman, Celine Rattray, and Trudie Styler.
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RACHNA KHATAU, Associate Producer
Rachna Khatau is an actor, producer, journalist and community organizer. She is best known for her recurring roles on Baby Daddy (Freeform) and Bizaardvark (Disney)as well as guest appearances on Big Bang Theory (CBS), Raven’s Home (Disney), and Downward Dog (ABC). She has also worked on a number of pilots. With deep roots in comedy and theater, Rachna trained at the Second City Conservatory, and co-created the show MR. which toured to sold-out audiences across the U.S. She also wrote, produced and acted in Hicksters, created by Christina Wren. She is a published author, contributing to Good Girls Marry Doctors, an anthology of essays by South Asian American women.