Dr Sita Thomas works across TV, Film and Theatre as a Director, Presenter, Academic, Movement Director and Intimacy Coordinator. She holds a PhD from the University of Warwick and a Masters in Movement Direction from Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.​

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​Coming from a Welsh-Indian background, Sita is passionate about championing and creating opportunities for Global Majority, LGBT+ and neurodiverse creatives. Until recently, she served as Artistic Director and CEO of arts charity Fio theatre based in Cardiff.

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Sita has directed documentary and drama short films, and music videos for clients including the National Theatre, Theatre Royal Stratford East and Tara Arts. Her broadcast credits in 2024 include Director of The Way I Play, a documentary about race and disability in Welsh sport for BBC Wales, and Intimacy Coordinator for Bad Wolf, BBC, and Hera Pictures.​​ Sita was a TV presenter for Channel 5’s milkshake! from 2015-2023 where she also created short films and provided voice over narration.

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Sita's theatre directing credits include a range of innovative productions, such as The House of Jollof Opera, a pop-up food hip-hopera experience for Fio and Music Theatre Wales; The Shoemaker, an immersive opera co-created with refugees and asylum seekers in Wales for Welsh National Opera, Oasis Cardiff, and Fio; Coventry Embraces, a large-scale site-specific production as part of Good Chance’s The Walk with Little Amal; and Under The Mask, a binaural audio drama about the NHS for Tamasha and Oxford Playhouse. As assistant, associate, and staff director, Sita has worked at the National Theatre, Royal Court, Theatre Royal Stratford East, and Royal Festival Hall. 

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​Sita is a published academic articles, and lectures for leading organisations and Universities across the UK. She is passionate about supporting the next generation of diverse creatives, and has created and led year-round artist development programmes Arise (Wales Millennium Centre, S4C, BBC Audio, Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, Fio) and Tamasha Directors Programme.​

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Sita was a Headlong Origins Director in 2022, and was part of the National Theatre Director's Course 2022 and the Royal Opera House Jette Parker Director's Course 2021. She has experience across a range of advisory groups, panels and charity trustee Board positions including Young Vic and Emergency Exit Arts. Her potential and excellence has been recognised with awards and bursaries from several acclaimed organisations including the Arts and Humanities Research Council, MGCfutures and ScreenSkills.