INFO
I've been known as a Director, Photographer, Writer, Author, and Creative Director. I've also been an advertising Art Director and a Pastry Professional (thanks to culinary school). I've lived many lives, most importantly as a mother and a woman.
Creatively, what I truly value above all is storytelling, whether it be through still images, films, or prose. My creativity is not bound by the projects I've executed but fed by the life around me. I'm a curious human and that curiosity has led me down some very interesting paths and still does, thankfully.
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AWARDS + RECOGNITION
2024 – Official Selection: Controlled Chaos | Toronto Short Film Festival
2024 – Official Selection: Controlled Chaos | Poppy Jasper International Film Festival
2023 – Award Winner/Honorable Mention, Best Microfilm: Controlled Chaos | Indie Short Fest
2023 – Award Nominee, Best Documentary Short: Controlled Chaos | Indie Short Fest
2023 – Finalist, Best Documentary Short: Controlled Chaos | Independent Shorts Awards
2023 – Semi-Finalist, Best Documentary Short: Controlled Chaos | Cal Film Festival
2023 – Chosen Winner | American Photography 39
2022 – Selected Winner: Smokescreen | AI-AP International Motion Art Award 10
2021 – Chosen Winner | American Photography 37
2021 – Award Winner, Best Art Film: Regale | Athens International Monthly Art Film Festival
2021 – Honorable Mentions: Smokescreen, Burn | Athens International Monthly Art Film Festival
2018 – Runner Up | Women Seen By Women: Julia Margaret Cameron
2017 – Finalist | Julia Margaret Cameron Award
2015 – Finalist | Julia Margaret Cameron Award
PRESS
The New York Times – What to Cook This Weekend
amNY – New anthology 'A Woman's Place' spotlights female culinary influencers
Good Food, KCRW – Reclaiming a woman's "rightful place"
Press Play, KCRW – Women who changed what you eat
All Of It, WNYC – 'A Woman's Place'
Flavorwire – The Fascinating Story of the Woman Behind Southwestern Chili
Parade – Girl Scout Cookie Freezer Cake
BOOKS
A Woman's Place by Deepi Ahluwalia, Stef Ferrari
Illustrated by Jessica Olah
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Publication Date: March 5, 2019
Stuzzichini by Stef Ferrari
Photography by Deepi Ahluwalia
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company | Voracious
Publication Date: April 23, 2024
