Portlynn is a half Persian, half African American filmmaker who has just received her Masters in Directing at AFI where she developed her skills as a writer and director for narrative film. Originally from Houston Texas, Portlynn moved out to California in 2010 to study Character Animation at the California Institute of the Arts. During… Continue reading Director Biography – Portlynn Tagavi (THEY WON’T LAST)
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Director Biography – Emelia Benoit-Lavelle (TRAMP)
Emelia Benoit-Lavelle is an actress and director based in LA. She strives to make projects that celebrate humanity and diversity, are challenging and make people laugh. Her work can be seen on Jill Soloway’s Wifey TV, Huffington Post, Stareable, Lady Parts Film Club, and in a bunch of commercials. She recently co-created a web series,… Continue reading Director Biography – Emelia Benoit-Lavelle (TRAMP)
Director Biography – Teddy Tenenbaum (SIDEPIECE)
Teddy Tenenbaum & Minsun Park are primarily a writing team with combined experience in features and television, including pilot sales, staff writing, feature spec sales, and feature and television assignments. They have written separately and together, and currently write both as a team and as solo writers. They specialize in genre writing, including horror, thriller,… Continue reading Director Biography – Teddy Tenenbaum (SIDEPIECE)
Director Biography – Tim Owens (NO FILTER)
Tim is an award-winning Director and DP working on films, pilots, national advertising campaigns, music videos, documentaries, new media, and more. Owens has won 10 Rocky Mountain Emmy Awards, the 2013 Digiday Award, and 2013 OMMA Award. He was the Creator and Director of Funny or Die’s “Romancing The Joan” with Joan Rivers; Cinematographer for… Continue reading Director Biography – Tim Owens (NO FILTER)
Director Biography – Chelsea Devantez (BASIC)
Chelsea Devantez is a comedian, writer, and director from New Mexico. She is a writer on ABC’s “Bless This Mess” created by Liz Meriwether and Lake Bell, and hosts a podcast from Times Up and Spotify about fighting sexual harassment. Previously, she wrote for Mike Schur’s “Abby’s” on NBC, “The Gong Show” on ABC, “The… Continue reading Director Biography – Chelsea Devantez (BASIC)
Director Biography – Regina Banali (IN THE BLOOD)
The first movie she saw in a theater was 2001 A space odyssey at 3 years old. She talked about it and the music so much her parents bought an LP of the soundtrack and played it to occupy her when they wanted alone time. Since then she has been obsessed with cinema and especially… Continue reading Director Biography – Regina Banali (IN THE BLOOD)
Director Biography – Jason Harris (RICK THUNDER IN…LOOK BACK TOMORROW)
Jason Harris is a storyteller out of Las Vegas, NV. He has written for names including Gordon Ramsay, The Backstreet Boys, Ronda Rousey and Kim Vo. He is the personal writer / director for The Modern Mixologist Tony Abou-Ganim. Harris is a standup comedian who has toured nationally and internationally. He writes about food, music… Continue reading Director Biography – Jason Harris (RICK THUNDER IN…LOOK BACK TOMORROW)
Director Biography – John Patrick Hayden (VERITAPHOBIA)
John Patrick Hayden, a second year student in the MFA FILM program at CCNY, is a recent BAFTA student scholarship award winner , and the Princess Grace award nominee for his first year of work at CCNY. Director Statement Thoughts on the film Veritaphobia: Truth is natural. Lying is processed. Lying is flawed, it’s man… Continue reading Director Biography – John Patrick Hayden (VERITAPHOBIA)
Director Biography – Liam LoPinto (FRENCH FRY)
Liam LoPinto is a filmmaker currently based in Valencia, California, studying Character Animation at the California Institute of the Arts. He previously graduated from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts UGFTV Program. Director Statement I made this film as both a gentle parody of French Cinema and an ode to some of my favorite comedies… Continue reading Director Biography – Liam LoPinto (FRENCH FRY)
Director Biography – Jill D’Agnenica (A DOG’S STORY)
Jill D’Agnenica is an award winning filmmaker and visual artist working in Los Angeles as a director and editor. She’s had the pleasure of editing drama series including How to Get Away With Murder (ABC), Lucifer (Fox), Pretty Little Liars (Freeform), Stitchers (Freeform), Switched at Birth (Freeform), Undercovers (NBC), Hollywood Heights (Nickelodeon), Dirt (FX), and… Continue reading Director Biography – Jill D’Agnenica (A DOG’S STORY)
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