Ariella Khan
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Writer/Director
Ariella Khan is a Chicago-based writer and director raised between the Midwest of America and Karachi, Pakistan. In 2021, she graduated from Northwestern University where she studied film and creative writing. Her coming-of-age short film “Roti,” played at festivals across the country. Much of her work focuses on grappling with her Pakistani American identity and the intersections of assimilation, colonization and intergenerational familial relationships.