Leena Pendharkar

BIOGRAPHIE

Leena Pendharkar is an award-winning writer and director. She premiered her sophomore feature film, 20 Weeks, at the Los Angeles Film Festival. It won the Best Feature Film Award at the Maryland Film Festival, the Best Editing Award at the Tallgrass Film Festival, was selected as one of the best independent films of 2017 by Film Threat, and was described as an “intimate, compassionate take on abortion” by the Los Angeles Times. ​ 20 Weeks is about a young couple faced with some tough decisions after they learn that their baby is found to have a health issue during a routine scan, and stars Amir Arison (NBC’s Blacklist) and Anna Margaret Hollyman. It was released theatrically in 10 cities in April of 2018, and is now available on Hulu, Amazon, iTunes and a number of other platforms. ​ She has also directed a number of short films including the recent Scrap, starring Vivian Kerr and Anthony Rapp, which won the “Best Director” award at the First Glance Film Festival. She also wrote and directed Dandekar Makes a Sandwich, which won the Grand Jury Prize at the Indian Film Festival of LA, and was selected as a Vimeo Staff pick.

FILMOGRAPHIE