Rhea Solanki

Rhea Solanki is an Indian-Canadian Filmmaker, Production designer, Art director and Writer. She is best known for her work on Netflix hit Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story where she worked with Production Designer Matthew Flood Ferguson, a close collaborator of Ryan Murphy (filmmaker). Some of her other projects include Apple TV+ Surfside Girls and Lionsgate Television / ABC Signature hit sitcom Home Economics (TV series). 
Her film, We Were Meant To will world premiere at Sundance Film Festival where it is an Official Selection for US Fiction Short Films category.
== Early Life and Education ==
Solanki was born in Mumbai, India and grew up in Vancouver, Canada. She spent her childhood traveling between the two countries. She is currently based in Los Angeles, USA. Her father is a serial entrepreneur who currently is working in the energy and climate change sector.
She received her Bachelor in Arts for Theatre Design & Production, Film and Digital Culture at Arizona State University. Before pursuing her Master's (MFA) in Production Design at the American Film Institute. It is currently ranked the number 1 film school in America and is considered one of the best production design programs in the world.
== Career ==
=== Theatre ===
She started her career as a Set Designer on various Theatre productions in India and USA. Her first project in high school, Antigone, was shown at the National Centre for the Performing Arts (India)|National Centre for Performing Arts. She has also collaborated with the Southwest Shakespeare Company and the Straycat Theatre. 
=== Film & Television ===
The first film she is credited with designing is Gunsight. However her most pivotal project was Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story|Dahmer - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, which is only the third series in history to cross over 1 Billion hours streamed within its first 60 days on Netflix; making it currently the third most popular English language show of all time for the streamer. 
Another one of her films - Amina, premiered at the Tribeca Film festival|Tribeca Film Festival 2022 and was screened alongside Jordan Peele's film NOPE in select theaters across the US. 
She has also frequently collaborated with imdbname:0334805|Greg J. Grande - the production designer with whom she created both Home Economics Season 3, which averaged over 1.98 million viewers, and the upcoming Hulu / Onyx TV Show Unprisoned.
== Filmography ==
Year	Title 	Director 	Accolades 	Notes
2023	Unprisoned 	Multiple 	 	To Be Released
2023	You, Me & Her 	Dan Levy Dagerman	 	To Be Released
2022	Surfside Girls 	Multiple 	 	
2022	Home Economics 	Multiple 	 	
2022	We Were Meant To 	Tari Wariebi 	Sundance Film Festival 2023 	
2022	Amina 	Shanrica Evans 	World Premiere at Tribeca Film Festival 2022
Official Selection at Chicago International Festival 2022	
2022	Satanic Hispanics 	Alejandro Brugues	World Premiere at Fantastic Fest 2022
Winner: Best Directors at Fantastic Fest 2022
Official Selection at Beyond Fest 2022
Official Selection at Hola Mexico Film Festival 2022	
2022	Hysterical 	April Moreau 	Official Selection at the Florida International Film Festival 2022
Official Selection at the LA Shorts International Film Festival 2022
Official Selection at the Catalina Film Festival 2022
Official Selection at the Mill Valley Film Festival 2022
Official Selection at the Newport Beach Film Festival 2022	
2021	Dahmer - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story	Multiple 	Nominated for Golden Globe Award for Best Limited or Anthology Series or Television Film	Ryan Murphy
2020	Til Life Do Us Part 	Aaron Goldenberg 	Official Selection at Hollyshorts Film Festival 2020
Official Selection at Prague International Indie Film Festival 2020 
Official Selection at MELECH Film Festival 2020 (Israel)
Official Selection at Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival 2020	
2020	Leave Us Here 	Tari Warieb 	Official Selection at LA Film Fest 2020
Official Selection at Summer in the South 2020 	
2020	Harana 	Marie Jamora 	Winner: Jury Prize Best Shorts Narrative Competition at Sarasota Film Festival 	
2019	Huge Fan 	Barry S. Silver 	Winner: Best Short Film at Santa Monica Film Festival 2019 	
2019	Gunsight 	Niko Ren 	 	
Category:1996 births
Category:Indian filmmakers
Category:People from Maharashtra
Category:Production designers