Director

J. Mehr Kaur (she/her) is a director/producer for theatre & film. Mehr is drawn to tell stories that mythicize the lives of ordinary people. Her adaptation “Kultar’s Mime” addresses the power of art in the wake of injustice during the 1984 Anti-Sikh pogrom and has been seen internationally across six countries including Mumbai’s NCPA, the British and Scottish Houses of Parliament, and the World’s Parliament of Religions. In NY and LA she’s worked at La Mama, Ars Nova, MTC, Juilliard, The O’Neill, Astoria Performing Arts Center, the Hudson Guild Theatre and in various Brooklyn basements. Recently, she directed “An Intervention” by Mike Bartlett, which won the Hollywood Encore Producer’s award at the 2022 Hollywood Fringe and the short film “I’m Dead Right?” starring Sakina Jaffrey. Mehr is a past Colt Coeur Resident Artist, Williamstown Theatre Festival Directing Corps member, Manhattan Theatre Club Directing Fellow, and a recipient of a Fulbright-Nehru Directing Grant. She works in content at Netflix. MFA: Peter Stark Producing Program, USC; BA: Smith College.