Laura Lionetta is a Miami-based restructuring attorney and long-standing supporter of independent film. She is an annual donor to the Sundance Film Festival and Miami Film Festival and regularly host events at the Cannes International Film Festival. Laura served on the board of directors of FilmGate Miami, a non-profit organization in the virtual reality and augmented reality space, where she advised on financial and strategic opportunities in the local and national film community. The Strawberry Jam is her debut film as a writer and director.

Laura holds a J.D. from Yale Law School. Publications of her innovative legal theories have earned several several prestigious awards, including the Burton Award in 2017 and designation for the best student article on restructuring law published in America in 2014. Laura holds a B.S. from Stanford University in biochemistry, and in 2014 led the team representing the United States in the Left Bank Bordeaux Cup, a blind wine-tasting competition hosted by Baron Rothschild.