# Nandini Sikand

> Nandini Sikand is an Indian-American filmmaker, anthropologist, and classical Odissi dancer. She is a Professor of Film and Media Studies at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania. Sikand is known for her work in documentary cinema focusing on issues of women's rights, the prison industrial complex, and diasporic identity, as well as her academic writing on Indian dance traditions. She was a 2018 Guggenheim Fellow in Film and Video.

*Indian-American filmmaker and dancer-choreographer*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Movie Director ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999))
- **Category:** Directors
- **Country:** United States
- **Status:** unknown
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

Nandini Sikand is an Indian-American filmmaker, anthropologist, and classical Odissi dancer. She is a Professor of Film and Media Studies at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania. Sikand is known for her work in documentary cinema focusing on issues of women's rights, the prison industrial complex, and diasporic identity, as well as her academic writing on Indian dance traditions. She was a 2018 Guggenheim Fellow in Film and Video.

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 31.2
- **Momentum:** 15.0

## Sources
- [Nandini Sikand](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nandini_Sikand)
- [நந்தினி சிக்கந்த்](https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%A8%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A9%E0%AE%BF_%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%A8%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8D)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q109809683)
- [Nandini Sikand](https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1750384)

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