writer. tough cookie.

Hi, I’m Harini! I’m a writer and filmmaker with five years of experience in advertising and marketing. I have a degree in Writing for Film, TV and Games from Vancouver Film School, Canada, and have since worked on production crews for regional Star TV shows in India, and as Creative Head of a Bangalore-based advertising company. 

In 2023, I moved to Berlin and fell completely in love with this eccentric city. I’m now directing my first independent short film - an exciting new adventure! - and spend the rest of my time between the cinema (special thanks to the Yorck Kino card) and my latest favourite class on Urban Sports Club.

Some things I love: dogs. A fat chocolate chip cookie. Summer-time. Video essays on pop culture. Pinterest. A good yap sesh. Books with unhinged female protagonists. The movie 13 Going On 30. Deadlifts. Journalling. Fashion. YouTube deep dives. Inclusive, diverse storytelling in mainstream media (a.k.a my life’s purpose). 

Some things I do not love: yoghurt. And capital letters in headings (not sure who influenced me more, e. e. cummings or ariana grande).

my work.

I have five years of experience in advertising, film and marketing.

  • As the Content Specialist in the International Marketing and Communications team at IU (a German private university), I created and supervised content, brand image, and tone of voice across platforms, implementing SEO optimisation to increase organic traffic and leading workshops across departments on AI prompt generation to increase workflow efficiency.

  • At Viewfindr Films (an advertising agency), I have worked with over 80+ brands, creating campaigns, commercials, product ads and social media strategy. I’ve supervised workflows right from conceptualisation and pre-production through assisting the direction onset and monitoring edits in post.  

  • I have experience in representing films in international film festival circuits and film markets - negotiating meetings with distributors and buyers.

  • I have worked on production crews to run sets and on pre-production to create content for television game shows for Star TV channels.

my favourite poem.

‘the orange’ by wendy cope.

my camera roll.

    • PG Diploma, Writing for Film, TV and Games | Vancouver Film School, Canada

      2018 - 2019

    • MA Communication and Video Production | University of Hyderabad, India

      2016 - 2018

    • BA (Triple Major) English, Psychology, Economics | Mount Carmel College, India

      2013 - 2016

    • Content Specialist, International Marketing Team at IU International University of Applied Sciences

      Jun 2023 - Jun 2025

    • Head of Content, Viewfindr Films

      Jul 2020 - Dec 2022

    • Producer’s representative at IFFI (International Film Festival of India) Film Bazar, Bioscope Films

      2019

    • Crew Member, Whale Tale Productions for Star TV

      2018

    • Ziana

      Kumaran Bookhouse, 2008 | Children's fiction novella

    • The Secret in the anthology Voices from the Attic

      Attic Publications, 2017 | Short story in anthology

    • Cinema by the Sea

      The Week, 2017 | Magazine article

    • Adobe Primiere Pro

    • Final Cut Pro

    • Canva

    • StoryBlok

    • Jira

    • English (Native Level)

    • German (A2 ongoing)

    • Hindi (Conversational)

    • Tamil (Conversational)

    • Malayalam (Conversational)

    • Kannada (Conversational)