Heerak Shah

Heerak Shah ( Producer / Director / Editor ) is an award-winning multimedia content creator based out of New York City. His most recent and noteworthy accomplishments are a short film titled 'The Ice Man' and a music video titled 'Oak Tree Road' featuring International Indian comedy actor Omi Vaidya (3 Idiots, The Office). 'The Ice Man' has screened at six South Asian film festivals with great response and "oak Tree Road went viral on YouTube with 60K views in the first 4 days. In the film space, he produced short films like Hurry Up and Wait, Paraagan and Unplugged. In television space, he has almost a decade of experience creating and producing original shows for the South Asian audiences in the US. These shows include talk shows, variety shows, NEWS, comedy, sports, and live event coverage. He was an Associate Producer for a feature-length documentary called 'Quiet Please', which won 7 awards including the 2017 World Humanitarian Award for Best Documentary and screened at a total of 16 festivals

After earning an Engineering degree in Electronics, he decided to put his technical skills in the business of storytelling and went on to get an MFA in Television Production from Brooklyn College, City University of New York. He is also trained in the art forms of Improv and Sketch Writing at New York's Upright Citizens Brigade (UCB) theatre.