Anne Koolen is a Dutch filmmaker and MFA Film & TV Production student at the University of Southern California. When she was 12 years old, she got a camera for her birthday and made many films with her siblings and friends. During her studies at USC, she has explored making films in several genres, including Mystery, Comedy, Thriller, Musical, Horror and Drama. She has supported several projects as a producer, virtual production supervisor, 1st AC, Virtual Production Assistant, script supervisor, Assistant Director and Production Assistant. Her latest short film, “Out of the smoke” is a fantasy film shot on the LED volume at USC and about a girl retrieving her stolen dragon egg inside the highly guarded castle gates. Anne wants to focus on writing/directing and is interested in learning more about VFX/virtual production to eventually make fantasy films.