Sunny Vachher

SUNNY

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Sunny Vachher is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of SUNNY, an OSCAR contending young motion picture superuniverse and social enterprise creating global stories that spark wonder. SUNNY is best known for creating critically acclaimed, academy award shortlisted, and globally awarded The Great Artist (OSCAR Best Live Action Short Film), One Under The Sun (Hulu), Beyond Driven (Amazon), Milvio (Verizon/Amazon) and more. Sunny Vachher is a global creative good visionary, social futurist, thought leader and impact investor at the intersection of entertainment, technology, education and wellbeing. As an an international award-winning South Asian (Indian American) Producer and Executive in Film, TV, and Digital Media, Sunny's endeavors in entertainment are centered around creating and producing stories and experiences that genuinely have the power to INSPIRE and do GOOD for others, investing in the common good for humanity, educating aspiring filmmakers and advocating for a stronger, more inclusive international creative economy. He is a Youth Voice and Mental Health Advocate, Creative Educator for youth in entertainment with Young Storytellers Foundation, and has served as Producer, Executive Producer, and Educator for multiple TEDx, TED Circles, and TED-Ed Student Talks initiatives (empowering the youth as young positive change leaders). His global creative impact and social justice endeavors have led him to being inducted as a United Nations Ambassador championing SDG goals with the UN Foundation for social justice, healthcare, education, and wellbeing, a Global Goodwill Ambassador, and also honored as a Health Equity Ambassador with Alliance of a Healthier Generation and The Clinton Foundation. Sunny has been honored with numerous awards globally for excellence in film, TV, business and digital media, and also recognized as a 2021 & 2022 Top 100 US Business Leaders in Entertainment, a recipient of the 2022 Changemaker of the Year Award by Act To Change, The Asian American Foundation, and The Obama Foundation for being instrumental in their national Anti-bullying movement for AAPI Youth, a 2022 & 2023 Positive Leadership Awards Nominee, and most recently also honored as the 2024 Kohl’s AANHPI Health Ambassador for public and family health & wellness by Kohl’s, Alliance of a Healthier Generation, and The Clinton Foundation. He serves on the Board of Advisors for Homeboy Industries (2024 Presidential Medal of Freedom Honoree), and is a Founding member, Producer, Executive, and Director at Homeboy Media.

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THE 14TH ANNUAL SHORTY AWARDS

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