SHEBANA COELHO is a freelance producer/director in documentary films in New York. Most recently, she produced DESI: SOUTH ASIANS IN NY, a profile of how Indians, Pakistanis and Bangladeshis are living and working in the city (to be broadcast March 14, 2000 on Channel 13, WNET). She was also Outreach Director for A WOMAN'S PLACE, a PBS documentary which examines the changes women are making in the legal arena in South Africa, India and the US; and Co-Producer for THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING a chronicle of the building's construction for the Discovery Channel. Other projects include WILLIAM STYRON: THE WAY OF THE WRITER for American Masters and FAMILY MAN, an examination of contemporary fatherhood which profiles families in East Baltimore and New York state. Along the way, she's dabbled in narrative film, working on projects like Mira Nair's KAMA SUTRA and WRESTLING WITH ALLIGATORS, an independent feature showcased at the Sundance Film Festival. She's also pursuing an interest in creative writing. Her fiction has been workshopped at the Unterberg Poetry Center (92nd Street Y) and the Writer's Studio. She is currently working on a collection of short stories. She was born in Bandra, Bombay, and lives in Manhattan. E-mail: shebana1@aol.com -30-

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