Gurjeet Kaur Bassi is a producer/director born, raised and based in Toronto, Canada. Growing up as a first generation Canadian, her films often reflect her own life and experiences with a focus on stories from under-represented communities. Gurjeet is a graduate of the American Film Institute in Los Angeles with an MFA in Producing. Her directorial debut The Chase, a recipient of the IFFSA Talent Fund in 2022, made its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2022. She was also the recipient of the Harold Greenberg Shorts to Feature Grant in 2018 for the short film Unidentified Woman which she produced. I Beat Up My Rapist, another short film she produced in 2017, won best short film at the DGC awards in 2019. Gurjeet is currently in development on two feature films, as well as an original scripted series.