Munjal Yagnik is an award-winning filmmaker who is drawn to creative projects that push conventional boundaries while still providing access to engage and entertain mass audiences. His directorial debut feature Scarlet Winter is currently traveling through the film festival circuit. Scarlet Winter world premiered as the opening film of the Syracuse International Film Festival, where it won a jury award. It made official selection at the North Hollywood CineFest and San Diego International Film Festival, and won best independent feature film at Paris Film Awards and best director at Milan Gold Awards.

His previous works include Caught Between Colors, Dream Interrupted, and Basilio – The Musical, with screenings at significant film festivals including Seoul International Film Festival, Tokyo International Short Film Festival, and Montreal Independent Film Festival. Munjal received his BFA and MFA in Film from Syracuse University. In his early television career, he worked on projects for Lifetime Television, Fox Sports 1, Star Plus, and a number of South-Asian TV channels.

Munjal is an Associate Professor in the School of Film and Animation at Rochester Institute of Technology. His most significant contributions at RIT have focused on the holistic transformation of their cinematography track through a deep assimilation of modern trends and workflows, and a renewed focus on creative development and theoretical engagement.