Filmmakers

Adeline Director Born in France and raised in Barcelona, Shanghai and the Caribbean, Audrey is a cinematographer based in LA & Paris. She is currently a cinematography fellow at the American Film Institute (AFI) Conservatory ‘23. Audrey speaks English, French, Mandarin and Spanish.

Dating Santa Writer / Director / Producer / Actor Instabella Writer / Director / Producer / Actor Jeanne is a multi skilled creative based in Berlin Germany. She worked as a German voice talent for Netflix, arte, and companies like Universal and Europa since 2003. She started her own publishing house in 2010 and got...

A Single Evening Director Role of a Lifetime Director Ashlei Hardenburg-Cartagena is a queer German-Puerto Rican writer/director from Jersey City, NJ. Her first short film A SINGLE EVENING was an official selection at Frameline (2020) and Wicked Queer: Boston’s LGBTQ Film Festival (2020), among many others. The same film earned Ashlei a Best Director win...

How to Fold a Fitted Sheet Executive Producer Joan Stein Schimke is an award-winning film director, screenwriter, and producer. A member of the Directors Guild of America, Joan has directed for ‘Law and Order’ and has made numerous short films which have screened at over 100 film festivals worldwide. Her breakout short, ‘One Day Crossing,’ was an Academy Award Nominee...

Whenever You’re Ready Writer / Director An actor by trade, Jenna was inspired to step behind the camera by all of her bad ass lady friends making their own damn dreams come true. Born in Ontario, raised in British Columbia, and trained in New York City, Jenna now works and lives in Toronto with her...

Bombshell Associate Producer Katerina Hoyo Frederickson is a Greek-American filmmaker who has written, directed, and produced the shorts This Man of Our Dreams (2018), The Hearts of Geeks and Cougars (2018), Terminal Submersion (2017), and A Stally Night (2017) . She worked as Associate Producer/Assistant Director for Bombshell (2020), Line Producer for the features The...

Bombshell Executive Producer Dianne Flowers has been a practicing public defense attorney for 35 years in and around the Boston area and Western Massachusetts.  She has a Bachelor of Science from Boston University and Juris Doctor from Suffolk University Law School.  Dianne is the mother of Jonathan Andre Culliton, series creator of Bombshell (2020), and...

Bombshell Executive Producer Cheril Vendetti, otherwise known as Darlene in Bombshell (2020), is a regular at the World Famous Comedy Store in Hollywood, and  was featured  in The Main Room, a documentary about the club.  She has appeared on Showtime, HBO, OWN , WETV and FOX.  Cheril’s  comical Italian cookbook, Mistress of the Mob Cuisine...

Butch Jamie Director / Writer / Producer / Actor Heterosexual Jill Director / Writer / Producer / Actor S&M SallyDirector / Writer / Producer / Actor Michelle Ehlen has produced, written, directed, and acted in four award-winning features, including the first lesbian comedy trilogy – Butch Jamie, Heterosexual Jill, and S&M Sally. With a focus...

Joey Director Laura Nordin produces, directs, and acts. Currently based in Toronto, she is originally from Vancouver, BC. Laura holds her BFA from UBC and her MFA from the joint program between Harvard’s American Repertory Theatre Institute and the Moscow Art Theatre School. In 2010, she co-founded Filmcoop with Emily Andrews as a means to...

Joey Director / Writer If you’ve got your finger on the Pulse of the Canadian showbiz scene, you will have seen & loved Jessica in the original co-creation of “Charlie & Yoni” – which rocked the CBC Comedycoup Competition in 2014 and solidified her place as a creative force to watch. Since then Jess has...

We are Here Director / Editor Ellie is an award-winning filmmaker from the UK, working primarily in the field of Documentary. She is particularly motivated to make films which centre women and the LGBTQ+ community. Her first short documentary “Voices”, produced, directed and edited by herself, was created during the rise of the #metoo movement...

Light in the Dark Places Writer / Director Lagueria Davis graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 2007 with a BFA in Media Art. Since graduating, Davis has established herself as an award-winning filmmaker. MAID OF DISHONOR, a feature dramedy she co-wrote was a 2016 Nicholls Fellowship and 2018 Austin Film Festival Quarter-Finalist. In 2019,...

Along Came WandaWriter / Director How ‘Bout a Cuppa Tea Writer / Director Snapshots Writer Multi-Award winning writer, producer and director Jan Miller Corran lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. Corran began her film making career as consultant to the Academy award nominated feature documentary “Complaints of a Dutiful Daughter” (1994). She continued with...

ET Contact: They Are Here Writer / Director / Executive Producer Caroline Cory is an award-winning filmmaker and the visionary author of best-selling books on Consciousness and Energy Medicine, topping the charts of Consciousness Science and mystical literature. As a child and throughout her life, Cory has had numerous E.S.P (extra-sensory) and pre-cognition experiences, which...

5 Weddings Writer / Producer / Director Namrata Singh Gujral is a film producer, director and motivational speaker. Gujral also serves as President of Uniglobe Entertainment, a Hollywood based studio, which focuses on socially relevant international projects for the North American market. Gujral is a breast cancer survivor and a blood cancer survivor. She attributes...

The Standoff Producer / Director Ilyssa Goodman is an award-winning director and producer. For her directing debut, “The Standoff,” Goodman is lauded for inspiring stellar performances from her young cast as well as for using a single location for nearly the entire film, while juggling multiple storylines and keeping the film fluid. “The Standoff,” in...

Letters to Daniel Director Born and raised in the bluegrass state, Amy Leigh McCorkle, since 2011, has published 26 titles between three small presses, and several independently, 11 of those titles have gone on to be Amazon Bestsellers. Including her #1 Bestseller Bella Morte: Beginnings and her international Bestseller, Letters to Daniel, a memoir based...

More Beautiful for Having Been Broken Writer / Director / Editor Nicole Conn – Writer/Director/Editor/Mother Nicole Conn has been a die-hard romantic and black and white film fan from the age of nine. She released her 8th film, More Beautiful for Having Been Broken, in May of 2020 which has won over 30 Best Awards...

Tell Me I Love You Writer / Director / Producer Fiona Mackenzie is a former studio executive with over 15 year experience in the development, casting, financing and production of studio films, television movies and series television. In January 2020, she wrote, directed and produced the music driven romantic comedy Tell Me I Love You, shot...

The Color of Medicine Writer / Producer / Director Joyce Marie Fitzpatrick, a native of Indianapolis, Indiana is a Producer / Writer / Director who creates content for television, film, webseries and promotion.  She graduated with honors from California State University of Los Angeles with a Bachelor’s Degree in Telecommunications and Film, and has worked...

Life and the Art of LyingWriter / Director / Producer Emily Schooley is an award-winning Canadian actor and emerging filmmaker who is known for blending genres and pushing boundaries in her work. She is the founder of Laughing Cat Productions, a Toronto-based production company that focuses on telling intelligent, women-driven stories. Emily has worked extensively...

August in the City Writer / Producer Lisa is an award-winning filmmaker and artist. She is also the founder of Lady Film Media, operating in New York and Los Angeles.  With her company, and production team, she strives to create content that positively represents women in film, both in front and behind the camera, and...

Living in the Future’s Past Director / Producer Susan Kucera, who lives in Hawaii, is an acclaimed director, cinematographer and producer. She started filmmaking at age 9 helping her dad, a glaciologist and professor, make science films for Britannica. She has on her account a number of great documentaries, which were awarded at many festivals....