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    Casey Gates is an emerging writer and director, creating and spotlighting original, female-driven work through her digital initiative #LadyBrain. In 2016 she received a BlogHer Voice of the Year Award for her mission-statement film “What Is Lady Brain?”. She went on to co-write and direct Girl Code which premiered at the Los Angeles International Short Film Festival “Women in Cinema” block and also received the Best Short Screenwriting award at the Columbia Gorge International Film Festival. By day, Casey works as a Social Media Producer on set with several NBC shows such as The Good Place and Brooklyn Nine-Nine. This role has enabled her to get a first-hand look at the television production engine and confirmed even further her goals of working in the field creatively.1 Articles

    Lindy Boustedt is an award‐winning filmmaker and co‐owner of First Sight Productions, where she writes, edits, directs and produces narrative features and shorts with her husband Kris. Their most recent feature film is ‘Brides To Be’ – a lesbian love story wrapped in a paranormal thriller. Kris & Lindy are currently running a campaign on Seed&Spark and need 500 followers & supporters to gain distribution. Learn more and click the follow button at: LoveConquers.Me1 Articles

    Aedra starts and ends her days with three mindful breaths, reminding herself to indulge in the present moment. She wants to live in a world where everyone experiences slivers of inner peace, and where chocolate is considered an essential part of a healthy diet. At the age of 5 she began acting, and it’s been an on-again off-again passion ever since. Aedra loves yoga, rock climbing, and reading. When she’s feeling especially expressive she writes unadulterated blog posts about life; find her word-purges here1 Articles

    Maytal Gilboa is the CEO of Emet Entertainment, a management, production, and comic book publishing company focused on breaking new female talent into the Entertainment industry. Emet Comics is announcing its first slate of comic books by female creators on Monday, May 4th. Prior to Emet, she worked at ReelFX Creative Studios and William Morris Endeavor Entertainment. A native to Los Angeles, she is a graduate of USC’s School of Cinematic Arts. Follow her @emetcomics to learn more.1 Articles

    Leonora Anzaldua is an artist-camerawoman-actor. She earned her Bachelor’s Degree at Yale University, where photographer Gregrory Crewdson and media scholar Brian Herrera were among her most influential teachers. She earned her MFA at USC’s School of Cinematic Arts. She is a proud recipient of the SUN Cinematography Award for women. Leonora’s credits include narrative, documentary, and commercial work. She enjoys film cameras; the smell of emulsion; exploring interesting characters; practicing yoga; and teaching her little dog to do tricks.1 Articles

    Shanice Kamminga is a Dutch director and screenwriter that fell in love with movies at an early age. Moving to Los Angeles in 2013 to initially focus on acting, Shanice wrote, acted in and co-produced a short film named If. The film got a theatrical release in Dutch arthouse theaters and made Shanice realize she wanted make rather than act in films. She started writing screenplays and submitted one of them - a war mosaic named Toy Soldiers - to The Academy’s Nicholl Fellowship, where it became a semi-finalist in 2016. In 2017 Shanice started directing professionally, and wrote and directed big corporate films as well as commercials, working for clients like Philips, KPMG and Dutch giants KPN and FrieslandCampina. She also wrote, produced and directed a trailer for her low-budget sci-fi drama Long Gone and is developing the feature version as well her screenplay Hollandywood: a fantastical dramedy based on her own experiences as a small town European in Hollywood.1 Articles

    Steph Kaliner is a comedy writer in Toronto. She's worked on Canadian sitcoms like "Almost Heroes", "Todd and the Book of Pure Evil" and "Mr. D". She's also the head writer and co-creator of the web series "Versus Valerie". Steph has been doing live comedy performances (stand-up and improv) in Toronto since 2007. Her most notable appearances include producing and hosting the monthly "Comedy at the Ossington" and "The Hee Haw Hour", performing at "Laugh Sabbath", "Theatresports" and "Catch 23".1 Articles

    Miley Yamamoto (pronounced Meelay) hails from sunny Southern California and started dipping her toes into acting during her teens. She wanted to learn more about her family and background so she moved to Tokyo for a couple of years(and may or may not have started up a singing career). After coming back to LA, she struggled against the lack of diversity in the industry and was prompted by her close friends to start writing and directing her own projects. When she's not acting, writing, producing or directing, she geeks out over sci-fi and games (mainly Starcraft) and enjoys a great cup of coffee.1 Articles

    Alaskan-born Beth Dewey began her cinematic career working for B-movie legend Roger Corman. As a picture editor, Dewey went on to earn three primetime Emmy nominations for her work on the Oscars. Tweeked, her first feature as writer/director, won Best Actress at the Brussels Independent Film Festival and was nominated for a Prism award. Dewey recently premiered Erasing Eden, her third feature, which was met with favorable reviews. Currently at work on an upcoming female action movie with creative partner Justo Diaz, Dewey strives to create complex female characters and tell original stories that reflect the modern female experience.1 Articles

    Allison's motto is "Make it Happen". Since moving to Los Angeles from North Carolina, Allison has been involved in projects as an actor, writer, director, producer, and resident tea drinker. Her recent short film "Black Widow: Origins" got rave reviews from Movie Pilot News and is touring the country with Geek Film Fest. Last February she completed her first feature, "Banging Lanie", as producer/director/lead. She most recently worked on the romantic comedy "Fame-Ish" which was all filmed during a real anime convention. Allison is an avid runner and just completed her first 50 mile trail run.1 Articles

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