Laura Holliday

Laura Holliday is a filmmaker, screenwriter, and actor from West Virginia, based in LA. She has written and directed original content for Comedy Central and Funny or Die, and has trained in comedy performance and writing at The Second City conservatory Hollywood and UCB LA. She was selected as a 2017 Sundance Ignite Fellow for her film "Persephone Goes Home,” which she wrote, directed, and starred in. She directed the award-winning dramatic short "Disfluency" and was a consulting producer on the adapted feature film version, which won the 2022 Austin Film Festival. She has a BFA in film production with an emphasis on directing from the Art Center College of Design where she graduated with honors, and she is currently training in intimacy coordination with the IDC. She is a reader and script coverage writer for Stage 32 and is passionate about creating a more equitable and inclusive entertainment industry, particularly for disabled and chronically ill creatives. Laura was an NFFTY filmmaker every year from 2012 to 2019, and served as the Vice President of the NFFTY Alumni Advisory Board for seven years - she loves Nffty! She is currently writing several feature film projects and developing a narrative podcast.