Education Session 6

  • Nicole Sylvester

    Nicole Sylvester is an award-winning filmmaker, producer, and educator known for creating bold, emotionally rich stories rooted in authenticity, identity, and resilience. Her debut feature film, Maya & Her Lover, marked her arrival as a writer-director with a distinct voice. The film premiered at American Black Film Festival and went on to win Best Director…

  • Lauren Elizabeth Harris

    Lauren Elizabeth Harris is an award-winning actor, producer and founder of Pathway Pictures. She has starred in numerous roles on film, television and on the stage. Pathway’s projects include Family Tree (starring William Shatner and Tom Bergeron), Pink Moon (directed by SXSW alum Carol Brandt and starring Blu Del Barrio of Star Trek), Bat Sheva Guez’s Babies…

  • Joanna Rudolph

    Joanna Rudolph is a producer of several short films and is an executive producer of the indie feature film “Burning Annie,” which was acquired by Lightyear Entertainment for distribution, and later self-released on TVOD platforms via Sundance Institute’s Creative Distribution Initiative. A member of New York Women in Film and Television and The D-Word, Joanna…

  • Easmanie Michel

    Easmanie Michel manages NYWIFT’s fiscal sponsorship program; works closely with NYWIFT’s CEO and treasurer on the monthly profit and loss statement and annual budget; handles the day-to-day tasks of recording financial transactions; works with the Finance Controller on reconciliations and the yearly audit; co-produces the Muse Awards and Designing Women; coordinates the Animation Series; and…