Christina Kallas is a Greek-born, Berlin-raised, New-York-based feature film writer, director and producer. She is best known for the critically-acclaimed ensemble dramas, The Rainbow Experiment and 42 Seconds Of Happiness, and the John Hurt-starring, Golden Berlin Bear nominated political thriller The Commissioner. Released worldwide by Gravitas Ventures, The Rainbow Experiment debuted at the Slamdance Film Festival 2018, and had an impressive festival run at festivals such as Moscow, Cinequest, Cleveland and St. Louis, winning several accolades. In 2016, Kallas scored on the film festival circuit with her award-winning feature, 42 Seconds Of Happiness. Prior credits as a writer/producer besides The Commissioner include BBC Films and Polygram's hooligan drama, I.D.; Toronto and Berlin selection hybrid narrative/doc Mothers; and European TV series hits, Danni Lowinski and Edel&Starck. Kallas' films have played festivals around the world, including the Berlin Film Festival, Toronto, Moscow, Las Palmas and Thessaloniki. In 2019 she was nominated for Film Threat's inaugural Award This! Best Directress Award alongside Debra Granik, Josephine Decker, Chloe Zhao and Mimi Leder. Kallas is also known as author of books such as 'Creative Screenwriting: Understanding Emotional Structure' and 'Inside the Writers’ Room. Conversations with American TV Writers.' She was the President of the FSE, the European equivalent of the Writers Guild of America, for eight consecutive years and was honored several times for her contribution to the international writers community. Kallas is currently working on her third feature film as a director, Paris is in Harlem (in post-production). She is represented by Zero Gravity Management.