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Carlotta Summers is a multiple award winning, BIPOC biracial actress, writer, filmmaker, and daydreamer based in NYC.
She was most recently the recipient of the Slamdance Mentorship Award out of 4,200 submissions for her pilot series, THE WANDERER, and was featured in Variety!
Her first short film, BUTTERFLIES, screened at the Academy qualifying Hollyshorts film festival and can currently be seen streaming on Amazon Prime. Subsequent films that she has worked on have screened at Tribeca, New Filmmakers LA, Hollyshorts and at the Anthology Film Archives in NYC.
Carlotta’s goal is to continue to advance the work of minority filmmakers in the industry while paving the way for representation on the screen. Her favorite subjects to write about challenge perception, examine identity, investigate curiosities and defy conventions.
www.carlotta-summers.com
  • Writer (10 Credits)
    American Retail Feature Film
    Screenplay
    American Retail Screenplay (Short Film)
    Short Script
    Beyond The Moors
    Short
    The Wanderer
    Television Script
    The Wanderer Pilot
    Screenplay, Television Script
    Truth, Incorporated SCREENPLAY
    Short Script
    American Retail (Short Film)2024
    Short
    Eigengrau2020
    Experimental, Short, Other
    Truth, Incorporated2019
    Short
    Butterflies (the short film)2017
    Short
  • Acting (5 Credits)
    Beyond The Moors
    Short
    American Retail (Short Film)2024
    Short
    Eigengrau2020
    Experimental, Short, Other
    Truth, Incorporated2019
    Short
    Butterflies (the short film)2017
    Short
  • Director (3 Credits)
    Beyond The Moors
    Short
    American Retail (Short Film)2024
    Short
    Eigengrau2020
    Experimental, Short, Other
  • Producer (2 Credits)
    Truth, Incorporated2019
    Short
    Butterflies (the short film)2017
    Short
Honorable Mention
The Wanderer
Big Apple Film Festival Screenplay Competition
New York
2023
Honorable Mention
The Wanderer Pilot
Big Apple Film Festival Screenplay Competition
New York
2023
Honorable Mention
American Retail Feature Film
Big Apple Film Festival Screenplay Competition
New York
2023
Semi Finalist
American Retail Feature Film
Screencraft Film Fund
2023
Slamdance Mentorship Award
The Wanderer
Slamdance Mentorship Award
2022
Quarterfinalist
The Wanderer
Slamdance Screenplay Competition
2022
Slamdance Mentorship Award
The Wanderer Pilot
Slamdance Screenplay Competition
2022
Quarterfinalist
The Wanderer Pilot
Slamdance Screenplay Competition
2022
WINNEr Best Short Film, WINNER Best Actress in a Short Film
Butterflies (the short film)
Philaelphia Independent Film Festival
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2018
Semi Finalist
Truth, Incorporated
Big Apple Film Festival Screenplay Competition
New York
College
New York University Tisch School of the Arts
Theater
20092013
College
USC School of Cinematic Arts
Film and Television Production
2025Present
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