New Voices: How Rabiah Rowther’s global education inspires her

Rabiah Rowther is a screenwriter, director, and producer based in New York City. Since 2022, she has served on the Screening Committee for the Hamptons International Film Festival. Her career includes roles in development and production at Jane Startz Productions, FilmNation Entertainment, and Milojo Productions. She was also an assistant to Emmy-nominated filmmaker Peter B. Barton on We Rise Up Singing. With directing credits spanning theatre and new media, Rabiah holds a BS from Boston University and an MFA from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. She recently completed her MFA in Theatre Directing at the Actors Studio Drama School.

We chatted with Rabiah about her career, inspirations and the what she sees for herself in the future.

How have your travels across the globe and experience as an expat from India helped inspire your work?

As I was growing up, moving from one country to another every few years really formed what art meant to me. I was incredibly fortunate to receive a global ed…