Cicadas

Alexandria Collins is an award-winning director, screenwriter, and producer based in Los Angeles. She is currently in development for the feature adaptation of her horror short project, Reborn, and is attached as the writer and director.

She was recently named Best Director at Katra Film Series and Best Female Director at the Venice Shorts Fest for her film, WOMAN TO WOMAN (2021). Woman to Woman has also won Best International Short at the BIFA-Qualifying Manchester Film Festival and Best Short Film at the Tokyo International Film Festival.

In 2020, Alexandria wrote and directed a horror short for 20th Digital and Hulu titled REBORN. It was selected for several national and international festivals including Canneseries, ScreamFest and Hellifax.

Alexandria’s comedic digital series, Goals N’ Shit, which she created and stars in, is streaming online after being named one of Seed & Spark’s ‘Favorite Teasers’ and raising over $20,000 via crowdfund.

Alexandria hails from Tallahassee, FL where she attended Florida A&M University earning a B.A. in Broadcast Journalism. Her thesis documentary LOVE PLUS, chronicling the relationship highs and lows of plus-sized women, won the 1st place Associated Press Award for Best Documentary.

Jared Culp is a storyteller and designer based in Los Angeles, CA. Raised in Dallas and Washington DC he started his career in Architecture receiving both a bachelor's from Howard University and a master's from Columbia University in Architectural Studies. He has practiced User Experience Design and Qualitative Design Research and has been able to pursue and better understand the industry through his work at Netflix. In addition to UX he has been able to capture the human experience through his work as a researcher and professor at the University of Texas. Over the past few years he has turned his work comprehending nonfiction into inspiration for fiction writing pilots and short screenplays. He is currently developing a short “Cicadas” set to go into production in 2023.