Atit Shah

Atit Shah is an award-winning independent film producer based in LA and the CEO of Create Entertainment. Over the last decade, he has successfully produced over a dozen widely distributed feature films, a TV show on Netflix, and a Hulu documentary, along with scores of short-form content.

Shah's recently released film was Universal Pictures Remember Me where he led a co-production between the US, Spain, and France. The film stars two-time Oscar nominee Bruce Dern, Golden Globe / Emmy Winner Brian Cox, and Sienna Guillory. In 2016 Netflix released Brown Nation globally, a TV show he both independently produced and line produced with CAA acting as the sales agent.

His other movies as lead producer include the 2016 20th Century Fox and Netflix film Money, starring Jesse Williams, Kellan Lutz, Jamie Bamber, and Jess Weixler. The film won 23 awards worldwide including nine for Best Picture. In 2014 he produced and line-produced The Crash starring Oscar nominee Minnie Driver, Ed Westwick, Frank Grillo, Dianna Agron, AnnaSophia Robb, Maggie Q, and John Leguizamo. The film was sold by CAA and released theatrically in 2017.

His debut feature An Act of War won four awards during its festival run and was released on Netflix in 2015. His other recently released titles include Monsoon (Amazon) and the WW2 documentary Forgive Don’t Forget (Hulu). He is releasing two films, An Enemy Within and Adventure Tom in 2024. Create Entertainment is in various stages on six feature films and two television series.

Shah studied International Business at George Washington University in Washington, DC. Before producing, he held various product managerial roles at global finance and technology firms, including Thomson Reuters.

Shah created and taught the Film Finance and Packaging class at the Independent Filmmakers Project (IFP) in NYC and has lectured for The Sundance Institute.