With an honors degree in communications from StXaviers Calcutta followed by a summer scholarship at Gallaudet Washington DC to study ASL with dance and theatre, Tess Joseph has always made eclectic choices. Tess Joseph began her journey as a Casting Director (India) on Mira Nair's 'Namesake' and went on to work with many international directors including Wes Anderson, Jeffrey Brown, Ang Lee and Doug Liman. Recently she cast the Indian cast of Lion produced by TWC and will premiere this year at The Toronto Film Festival 2016 and has Sunny Pawar already nominated for Critics Choice Awards. She was among of the Top 40 producers handpicked for the Puglia Experience 2013 by AFC Italy. Tess is one of the co-producers on Girl Rising and the lead producer for Girl Rising India. She was also field producer on Oscar winner Megan Mylan's short documentary on the girls education called After My Garden Grows. While making movies is her passion, she has also been on the Board of Directors of EU funded NGO GD-Sanjog which works to prevent exploitation and trafficking of children. Along with her friends she continues to run a program called Childwise which believes that children have innate wisdom and potential which adults need to learn from. She is Director of Kommune, a collaborative arts collective in India that funds and seeds ideas to actuality. Kommune was founded by Roshan Abbas, Ankur Tiwari and Gaurav Kapur. She studies process-based psychology, plays the piano, crusades for street dogs and is a travel junkie!

Casting Director Tess Joseph with Sunny Pawar and Abhishek Bharate 

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Mentoring  the "That Girl is Me" Classroom where young girls are inspired to tell their story.

Team "Busman" in India with the wonderful  Jamie McShane

Kirsty McGregor and Tess Joseph Red Carpet Artios Awards  

Actress Priyanka Bose and Tess Joseph at WIF 

Will Smith, Alan Tudyk, Navid Negahban, Numan Acar, Marwan Kenzari, Naomi Scott, Mena Massoud, Adam Alzoubi, and Nathaniel Ellul in Aladdin (2019)

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