Shasha Nakhai

Shasha Nakhai is a Filipino-Iranian Canadian film director, most noted as co-director with Rich Williamson of the 2021 film Scarborough.^[1] The film won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Picture, and Nakhai and Williamson won the award for Best Director, at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022.^[2]

Shasha Nakhai
Nationality	Canadian
Occupation(s)	film director, producer
Years active	2010s-present
Known for	Take Light, Scarborough

A partner with Williamson in the production firm Compy Films,^[3] she first became known for her 2018 documentary film Take Light,^[4] which was a CSA nominee for Best Short Documentary at the 5th Canadian Screen Awards in 2017.^[5] She was also a producer of Williamson's short documentary film Frame 394,^[6] which was a CSA nominee for Best Short Documentary at the 5th Canadian Screen Awards in 2017.^[7]

Scarborough, codirected by Nakhai and Williamson as their debut narrative feature film, premiered at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival.^[8] It was named the winner of the Changemaker Award, was first runner-up for the People's Choice Award, and received an honorable mention from the jury for the Best Canadian Film award.^[9] It was nominated for the Toronto Film Critics Association's Rogers Best Canadian Film Award.^[10]

Her other films have included The Sugar Bowl (2011), Paruparo (2013), 18 Roses (2016), The Hole in Reservoir Hill (2018)^[11] and Thirty Eight Minutes (2020).