Shanti Scalpello

Biography

Shanti Scalpello is a director, writer and producer, recently graduating from the University of Manchester with a 1st class BA degree in English Literature & Film Studies.

Shanti started her career as an actor, working with various theatre companies but her love for music led to her videography and editing work for underground event companies. Pursuing her passion for the creative industry, she trained in Scriptwriting at the Donmar Warehouse Company through her later teen years. This is where she began writing what would become her debut short film ‘JADED HAZE’, released in 2025. She worked with a talented ensemble cast of up-and-coming actors and minimal crew to bring her rites-of-passage...