You have to break the rules to make shift happen.
Company
Lipshtick Pictures
    Serena Schuler is the writer, director, and series creator of Makeshift Society, whose work spotlights diverse, female-led, and BIPOC stories through the lens of comedy. A graduate of Cornell and Columbia, her films have screened in festivals around the world, and won Audience Awards at the Washington Jewish Film Festival and the Women in Comedy Festival. Her series Cake Walk is now streaming on Elizabeth Banks's WhoHaha Network.
    She's passionate about gender inclusion behind the camera. She co-led Dinner with Dames, a dinner series which extends the network for women and gender non-binary individuals in film, with industry leaders such as Blye Faust (Oscar-winning producer of Spotlight).
    Serena uses her platform to inspire young girls and non-binary youth to pursue careers in the arts, in her work with the Noe Valley Girls Film Festival, youth theater, and the Young Storytellers Foundation. She also is working in sustainability on an Amazon feature film currently in production.
    • Writer (3 Credits)
      MAKESHIFT SOCIETY2023
      Television, Web / New Media
      Too Much Love 2017
      Music Video
      The Ten Plagues2014
      Short
    • Director (3 Credits)
      MAKESHIFT SOCIETY2023
      Television, Web / New Media
      Too Much Love 2017
      Music Video
      The Ten Plagues2014
      Short
    • Producer (1 Credit)
      The Ten Plagues2014
      Short
    Official Selection
    MAKESHIFT SOCIETY
    DANCES WITH FILMS FESTIVAL
    New York City
    2024
    Finalist
    Too Much Love
    Rachel Bloom Comedy Short Challenge
    Boston
    2017
    Official Selection
    The Ten Plagues
    Mexico International Jewish Film Festival
    Mexico City
    2016
    Official Selection
    The Ten Plagues
    Hartford Jewish Film Festival
    Hartford, CT
    2016
    Official Selection
    The Ten Plagues
    NY Comedy Shorts Film Festival
    New York, NY
    2016
    Official Selection
    The Ten Plagues
    LA Scripted Comedy Festival presented by iO West
    Los Angeles
    2016
    Official Selection
    The Ten Plagues
    Toronto Jewish Film Festival
    Toronto
    2015
    Official Selection
    The Ten Plagues
    Toronto Jewish Film Festival
    Toronto
    2015
    Official Selection
    The Ten Plagues
    New Jersey International Film Festival
    New Brunswick, NJ
    2015
    Official Selection
    The Ten Plagues
    UK Jewish Film Festival
    London
    2015
    WINNER, Audience Award for Best Short Film
    The Ten Plagues
    Washington Jewish Film Festival
    Washington, DC
    2015
    WINNER, Audience Award Runner-Up
    The Ten Plagues
    Women in Comedy Festival
    Boston, MA
    2015
    Winner: Best Film, Outstanding Directing, Outstanding Writing, Outstanding Acting, Outstanding Editing, and Outstanding Original Score
    The Ten Plagues
    23rd Scary Cow Film Festival
    San Francisco, CA
    2014
    Official Selection
    The Ten Plagues
    Bay Area Women in Film + Media Shorts Showcase
    San Francisco, CA
    2014
    College
    Cornell University
    College
    Columbia University
    Current City
    Fort Monmouth, NJ (Home of the Future Netflix Campus)
    Gender
    Female
    "I wasn't born a chef. I was born hungry." - Julia Child
    You have to break the rules to make shift happen.
    Company
    Lipshtick Pictures
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