UGFTV Alum, Yusuf Kapadia, Named Sundance Ignite Fellow

Monday, Nov 19, 2018

Sundance Institute
Sundance Institute

Sundance Institute and Adobe Announce 2019 Sundance Ignite Fellows

Fifteen Filmmakers Ages 18 to 24 Selected from Short Film Competition to Receive Year of Creative and Professional Mentorship, All-Expenses-Paid Trip to 2019 Sundance Film Festival.

Congratulations to Yusuf Kapadia, for being one of the 15 chosen from more than 1,200 applicants.

A recent grad, Yusuf is forging a career in documentary. He is currently an Assistant Editor on Stanley Nelson’s Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool (w.t.), and in post-production on his own film, a portrait of a family supporting their child on the autism spectrum. An avid cyclist, Yusuf spent his college years racing with the NYU cycling team. He enjoys riding mountain or road whenever he can.

Read more at Sundance.