Uma Da Cunha
- Casting Director
- Casting Department
- Additional Crew
Uma da Cunha's work in cinema spans programming, writing and casting. Her career started in 1974 with the Directorate of Film Festivals, Govt. of India. In 1978 she set out on her own, organizing film festivals and related events in India and abroad. She works with the Toronto and Busan Film Festivals and is the Founding Advisor of Indian Film Festivals held in Los Angeles, London, Florence, The Hague, Montreal and Houston. As casting director, her credits cover films such as Deepa Mehta's Water, Mira Nair's Kamasutra, Jane Campion's Holy Smoke, Dev Benegal's English August and Ashutosh Gowariker's Lagaan. She is the editor of the quarterly journal, Film India Worldwide. She has served on many juries including the International Jury for Cannes Film Festival's Un Certain Regard in 2009.