Niyati Libotte is an award-winning Producer/Director/Writer based in Sydney, Australia. She was mentored by seminal Australian Film Directors Sean Seet and Peter Faiman, and Bollywood Filmmaker Subhash Ghai. She has worked with filmmakers including Damian Lay, Marcus Gillezeau and Paul G Roberts across feature films, factual series and feature documentaries for over 15 years.

Having eschewed a life in the medical sciences for the bohemian ideal, Niyati studied Media Arts and Production at UTS, graduating Dux after a requisite stint filmmaking and singing jazz in France. A passionate believer in ethical storytelling that helps spark positive change, Niyati is also a published writer, poet and performer who co-owns multi-platform production house Beeblebrox Creative Studios with Artist, Musician and Cinematographer Gavin Rene Libotte.

Niyati has developed, written, produced and/or directed for a number of studios and broadcast partners internationally. Her work has won film festivals including two Cannes World Film Festival Best Feature Documentary Awards, an Impact Doc Award, Hollywood Gold Award, Boston Independent Film Award, two Miami Independent Film Awards, Paris Film Award, Stockholm Shorts Festival, and the world’s first Digital Emmy for fictional environmental drama feature Scorched (2009).