(Ph.D., NYU) is a filmmaker and senior lecturer at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg and Head of Television in the Wits School of Arts. Jyoti Mistry's filmography includes five short films and a documentary film. She is on the editorial board of Wespennest the literary, arts and culture journal based in Vienna, Austria and on the editorial board of the Johannesburg based monthly Media Magazine where she writes frequently. She serves on the executive committee of the board of the National Film and Video Foundation in South Africa. Her areas of research and writing include cultural policy, questions of identity and multiculturalism.