American Haathi is the home studio of Neil Tuli; a filmmaker and musician whose work explores comedy and tension in Immigrant-American culture and small communities. A musician-turned-editor and motion designer, he began his career working at agencies, then on Boston films including ‘Ted’ and ‘American Hustle’, before getting an MBA and moving into business development and strategy roles at Illumination and Netflix. Neil wrote and directed the award-winning short film 'Birdie Cricket' and is making his feature directorial debut with ‘ARYA’. He and his family live in Minnesota.