Kedra L. Curry (Quintana) is an award-winning Afro-Latina filmmaker and the founder of Soulful Minds Media. Her work in horror, fantasy, and experimental cinema has earned 85+ international festival selections, 14 awards, 14 finalist placements, 6 semi-finalist distinctions, and two Best Female Filmmaker awards, placing her in the top 1% of emerging independent filmmakers worldwide.

Her film The Legend of William Boucher was selected as a Semi-Finalist by a jury including the original creators of A Nightmare on Elm Street, while her fantasy short The Kingdom of the Seven Realms has screened across five continents, demonstrating global appeal and multi-genre versatility.

Kedra holds a Sundance Horror Writing Certificate, trained under UCLA’s Hal Ackerman, and studied directing and screenwriting with Franklin Ritch, the award-winning filmmaker behind The Artifice Girl (Fantasia Festival, Paper Street Pictures, XYZ Films). She also completed Operation HOPE’s business certification program and is an active member of Women in Film.

Her work blends Afro-Caribbean spirituality, Southern Gothic atmosphere, and Afro-diasporic mythology with strong visual storytelling. Alongside her partners at Soulful Minds Media, Tenguu Vision, and Nigerian partner Victor Edo, she continues to develop culturally grounded genre films and expand her slate of narrative and documentary project.