Pitasanna Shanmugathas is a documentary filmmaker and writer whose work explores international human rights, foreign policy, and social justice. He is the director of two documentaries: NEELAN: UNSILENCED, which examines the life and legacy of constitutional scholar Dr. Neelan Tiruchelvam, and Truth to the Powerless, which investigates the impact of Canada’s foreign policy on the international stage since the post–World War II era.
Pitasanna holds a Master of Global Affairs from the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Criminology from the University of Toronto.
