Sonali Gulati ('04) is an independent filmmaker, feminist, queer rights activist, and Professor of Film at Virginia Commonwealth University. Gulati grew up in New Delhi and has made several films that have screened at over four hundred film festivals worldwide as well as venues like the Hirshhorn Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and the National Museum of Women in the Arts.

Gulati’s award-winning documentary film I Am was broadcasted on public television and cable TV in the U.S. and Portugal. Her documentary film Nalini by Day, Nancy by Night, was broadcast on television in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, South Asia, and North Africa. In addition to receiving a Guggenheim Fellow, Gulati has received support for her work from the Creative Capital Foundation, Center for Asian American Media (CAAM), Tribeca All Access, and others. She has won awards and recognition from the Robert Giard Memorial Fellowship, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Fellowship, and the Theresa Pollak Prize for Excellence in the Arts, among others.