Roja Gashtili

Biography

Roja Gashtili is a writer and director. She was born in Iran and later relocated to Missouri. After completing college, she moved to New York City, where she began her career in documentary filmmaking at Alex Gibney’s Jigsaw Productions. She served as a coordinator on Charles Ferguson’s Oscar-nominated No End in Sight (2007). She contributed to notable projects including Martin Scorsese’s George Harrison: Living In The Material World (2011) and Lorne Michaels’ SNL: In The 90s (2015). Roja has also worked as a producer on MTV’s Exiled (2008), Morgan Spurlock’s Warrior Poets (2009), and content for Refinery29.

Based in Los Angeles, Roja collaborates closely with filmmaker Julia Lerman. Togeth...