Filmmakers

Deadly Promises Writer Sandra L. Bucy likes to say that she has been a writer since before she could hold a pencil. Fascinated with words from an early age and armed with a vivid imagination, she remembers creating characters and storylines when she was as young as age four. A prolific writer, she has written...

Redneck Roots Writer /Director Joanne Hock is a passionate and prolific storyteller. She has written and directed feature films and documentaries, lensed and directed countless television commercials and directed national and international television shows. With more than 30 years in this ever-changing industry – and among a small population of women to break the glass...

The Influencers Writer / Executive Producer / Co-creator Ally Kornfeld, co-creator of The Influencers, is an Australian Writer/Producer currently writing for Txt Stories on Facebook Watch (3 million followers.) She’s written on the digital series Warigami for CW Seed and episodes of Fun Science with British YouTube influencer, Charlie McDonnell. Trained at UCB, Ally spent...

The Influencers Writer / Executive Producer / Co-Creator / Actor Desiree Staples is a producer, filmmaker, actress, and writer multi-hyphenate, experienced in short-form, episodic, and feature film content. Staples’ dramedy pilot “It’s What She Would Have Wanted” premiered at multiple film festivals and is a part of the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival Creators Market. Staples’...

The Pepper Project Writer / Executive Producer / Co-Director Caris Vujcec is an award-winning American-born actress, writer, producer and director of Mediterranean descent. With a career spanning Broadway, television and original content creation, as a storyteller and filmmaker, she has a passion for narratives highlighting dynamic, powerful and vulnerable, multi-faceted female leads. Caris created, wrote,...

Happy Anniversary Writer / Director / Producer / Actor Just Have to Laugh Writer / Director / Producer / Actor AhDream Smith is a multi-disciplinary artist who is always exploring new ways and avenues to express herself. During the pandemic she has found herself expanding her portfolio of work, shifting from the theater to the...

Popping the Question Writer / Director Born and raised in San Jose, California, Shawna Khorasani has always been an avid lover of stories and movies. After graduating with two English Literature degrees, she created, produced, directed, and shot an independent full-length LGBTQ literary webseries. She fell in love with filmmaking and telling LGBTQ+ stories, and...

Sis Boom Bah Writer / Director / Producer Delphine is an actor and filmmaker living in Toronto, Ontario. She has appeared in such films as Ingrid Veninger’s “Porcupine Lake” and Billy Ray’s “The Comey Rule”. Delphine produced a short documentary about her uncle’s storage space in Chateauneuf-sur-Cher, France called “Le musée de mon oncle” as...

Forever Not Maybe Director My Love Producer / Director Welcome Home Writer / Director / Producer Once Upon a ZipperDirector August in the City Director Christie Conochalla is a writer/director in Los Angeles, CA who is passionate about creating complex stories about queer women for a mainstream audience. Her dramatic short film “August in the...

Double Faced Producer / Writer / Director Misadventures of Life Executive Producer / Writer / Director / Editor A Life Worth Living Executive Producer / Writer / Director Giovanna Caruso is an Italian filmmaker who currently lives in the United States. She started writing at the young age of 10 years old, winning awards during...

In Corpore Co-Director / Co-Producer / Co-Writer Sarah Jayne started her film and television career as a production designer in 2000, working on numerous short films in various art department roles and with Australian industry heavyweights on a number of feature films. In 2013 Sarah Jayne moved into writing and directing her first short film...

The Damsel Writer / Director The 100th Day Writer / Director Shay Revolver is a writer/director whose short films and web series have screened at multiple festivals and series, most notably The Difficult Kind (shown at Video Drunk screening series, Exploding Cinema & Five Lamps Film Festival) and Beg. Borrow. Steal. a web series (Hollyshorts...

And Then Came Love Writer / Producer The Other F Word Writer / Director / Executive Producer Caytha Jentis is an award winning independent filmmaker who began making movies while driving carpools in suburbia. Her features include “Pooling to Paradise” Lynn, Chen, Jonathan Lipnicki, Dreama Walker, Jordan Carlos & Taryn Manning (SP Releasing)  “Bad Parents”...

S.W.A.L.K. Director/Editor Out Smart Executive Producer/Director We Detected That Your Footage Might Be Shaky Director L.A. California native Dawn Cobalt has been working as a film director and multimedia content creator for more than 15 years. After graduating from the New York Film Academy, she founded FutureView Entertainment, a film production company and has garnered...

Stark Raving Actress Executive Producer Emily Churchill is an actress/writer/improv/sketch performer, living in L.A. She has trained and performed on many stages throughout Chicago and Los Angeles, including Second City Chicago and Hollywood, Upright Citizens Brigade Los Angeles, The Comedy Central Stage. She has been a writer and performer for The Harmonizing Hunnies, The Ladies...

The Blue Light Stays On Director Allison Andresini is a filmmaker, theater director, editor, and producer. Allison got her BFA in Acting from Montclair State University. In 2013, she co-founded Walking in Space Productions, a theater and live music production company based in Northern New Jersey. Theatre directing credits include Vis Major (Treehouse Theater), Maude...

The Blue Light Stays On Writer / Actress Paige Sciarrino is a screenwriter, filmmaker, and actress based in the NY/NJ area. Her premiere screenplay, Rolling , played at festivals across the country, most notably at the Golden Door International Film Festival, named the #1 film festival in New Jersey by New Jersey Stage Magazine and...

Sacrifice Director Anna Maguire is a Melbourne born Artist who’s love of deep human connection and relationships led her from the curiosity as an actor, to falling in love with directing and complete story telling through the medium of film. ‘We Are Art’ was Anna’s first venture into documentary film making, where she produced, directed,...

A Bloody Mess Co-Writer / Producer / Director Future Superheroes Co-Writer / Producer / Director Playback Magazine’s 2020 list of 10 to Watch recipient, Asis Sethi is a Canadian filmmaker and television personality whose career in broadcasting spans over 15 years as a producer, host and a reporter on several lifestyle shows and national newscasts....

A Bloody Mess Co-Writer / Producer Future Superheroes Co-Writer / Producer Armin Sethi has been a writer and producer for docu-series and short films since 2009. In 2009, Armin co-wrote the docu-series ‘Darshan Dekh Jeeva’ which aired nationally on OMNI Television for over five years. The docu-series was written from a historical perspective, highlighting key...

Good Night, Sleep Tight Writer / Producer / Actor Karen Scobie is an Actor/Singer/Producer/Writer, and newly a Voice Actor. She is a graduate of Randolph Academy and owner/operator of the film company Evelyn Eleven Productions. She is a member of the Theatre Circuit and also helps to run a film class (now virtually) with Hilary June...

Lady Electric Writer / Director / Producer Multiple-award winning screen writer and filmmaker. Two-time Alfred P. Sloan Prize winner; selected as a Film Independent fellow for its Episodic Lab sponsored by Netflix; named as a future showrunner by Film Independent; Canadian Film Fest / Harold Greenberg Fund “IT List” – top unproduced screenplays in Canada....

Six Feet Apart Creator / Actor LEE BADER is an actor-creator. Born in Israel, Lee got her training both in London and New York and is a graduate of the William Esper Studio. Lee has appeared on television and film, her recent credits include Mable Miller: Female Serial Killer and Sofia. Her writing and producing...

Six Feet Apart Creator / Actor LIRI NAVON is an Israeli writer, actress, and filmmaker. Liri got her training in writing and improv at Second City Chicago. Her pilot script, Cat Burglar, was a quarter-finalist at the PAGE Awards. The half-hour comedy/drama follows a security engineer with crippling social anxiety who quits her job to...