Born and raised in Durban South Africa, Abijeet Achar is an Emmy award winning cinematographer and director of Indian and Mauritian descent. At the age of twelve, Abijeet and his family immigrated to Toronto, Canada. Two years later, they immigrated to Atlanta, GA. In 2012, Abijeet earned a Bachelor of Arts in Film Studies from the University of Georgia. In 2016, Abijeet completed his M.F.A. in Visual and Media Art at Emerson College in Boston, MA. In 2017, Abijeet and two partners founded Pineapple Cut Pictures, an Atlanta based production company that strives to shed light on underrepresented stories.

Abijeet was the runner-up in the 2020 Film Impact Georgia Fall Filmmaker Grant for his script, "Mysore Magic." Abijeet’s first feature film as a Cinematographer, “Pageant Material,” had its world premiere at the 2019 Atlanta Film Festival. Abijeet was recently awarded “Best Cinematography” at the 2019 Atlanta Underground Film Festival for the latest short he shot, “Water Horse,” which also screened at Fantastic Fest 2019. Abijeet's thesis film, “My Indian Rhapsody,” which he wrote and directed, had its world premiere at the 2017 Atlanta Film Festival and was a semifinalist in the 44th Student Academy Awards.