SHWETA ‘Cricket’ GREEN

Costume Designer | Nonprofit Founder | Creative Industry Leader
📍 Spokane, WA • 📞 (310) 978-7007 • 📧 shwetabgreen@gmail.com
🎥 IATSE Local 488 | Credits as Shweta Bangaloree

Creative industry professional with 15+ years of global experience spanning Bollywood, British, Australian, and Hollywood film industries—as well as nonprofit leadership, retail management, and community empowerment. Proven track record in storytelling through costume, inclusive program design, team leadership, and cross-sector collaboration. Committed to advancing equity and opportunity in Washington’s creative economy through innovation, skill development, and cultural storytelling.

 EXPERIENCE

Sew She Can – Spokane, WA | June 2024 – Present

• Founded a nonprofit to train and empower refugee, immigrant, and underserved women through sewing and textile arts.
   
• Designed culturally responsive, trauma-informed programs in garment making and small-batch production.
   
• Taught business fundamentals such as pricing, invoicing, banking, and basic tax literacy.
   
• Graduates now work with local boutiques, launch Etsy shops, and offer independent services.
   
• Built partnerships with Spokane Zero Waste, Thrive International, World Relief, domestic shelters, and local churches.
   
• Led all aspects of curriculum development, community engagement, volunteer coordination, and grant planning.

Freelance – International | 2009 – 2022

• Served as Costume Designer and department head for independent and union film and television sets across India, the UK, and the U.S.
   
• Specialized in character development through costume and cross-cultural storytelling.
   
• Mentored on-set assistants and trained rural artisans, many of whom transitioned to working with leading designers.
   
• Managed costume continuity, budgeting, vendor coordination, and creative alignment across departments.
   

Selected Film Credits:

• Cherry (2024), Daruma (2022), Where I Stand (2018), Coffee Bloom (2013), Oonga (2012), The Letters (2012)

Television & Theater Credits:

• Z Nation S4, Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists, SK's Kitchen
   
• Hecuba, Bring It On, Buddy, A Bright Room Called Day (Stage Left & Spokane Valley Summer Theatre)
   

Stylist / Commercial Credits:
Samsung, Tata Sky, Bru Coffee, Big Bazaar, Parle, Kent Water, Servo, Sintex, HDFC, Thumbs Up, Fair & Lovely, and more.

B.A. in Apparel Manufacture & Design – SNDT University, Mumbai, India
A.A. in Fashion Marketing – Mumbai, India