Kabir Akhtar

Kabir Akhtar, ACE is an Emmy-winning director-editor whose work includes Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (2015), Never Have I Ever (2020), Arrested Development (2003), and Unsolved Mysteries (1987). A three-time Emmy nominee, he won the award for editing the pilot of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, becoming the first person of color to win in the category, while also working as a producer/director on that series. He has directed the pilot episode of two series, and has edited the pilot episode of ten series. Akhtar was recently elected to a second term as Co-Chair of the DGA's Asian American Committee, and has served a four-year term on the Television Academy's Editors' Peer Group Executive Committee.