Anisha Acharya

Anisha Acharya is a film editor based in Los Angeles and the recipient of the 42nd Student Academy Award, Gold in the Narrative Category for the short film Day One.
Early life
Acharya belongs to a small place called Baragadia near Duburi in Jajpur district of Odisha. She is a granddaughter of late CK Nagaraja Rao, a renowned writer, dramatist and recipient of Moortidevi Award. Acharya's parents Dr Jagabandhu Acharya and Shambhavi Acharya work in the area of social development and are based in Bangalore, India.
Education and Career
Acharya's was schooled at Sri Aurobindo Memorial School, Bangalore. She finished her junior college at Christ Pre-University College
Filmography
Day One
Acharya edited Day One. The 25-minute drama/war movie was made as part of AFI curriculum and is inspired by the true story of an Afghan-American woman on the heels of a divorce who joins the US military as an interpreter for the US Army and is forced to deliver the child of an enemy bomb-maker on her first day in Afghanistan. The movie bagged the Student Academy Oscar Award out of 1,686 films from 282 domestic and 93 international colleges and universities.
Bug(2013)
Salvation(2013)

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