Shari writes dramatic stories through a comedic lens. The first short film she wrote and directed, WILL YOU TAKE THIS DOG?, won best female content creator at The Bowery Film Festival and has screened at the San Francisco Indie Film Fest, New Ohio Film
Festival, NY City Web Fest, and many others. As a writer, she has been a cohort at the esteemed “The Writers Lab” (class of 2022). Her scripts have placed in competitions such as AFF, The Big Apple Film Festival, and Final Draft’s Big Break Contest. She is
published in SHE PERSISTED, a book of monologues written by women playwrights by Applause Books. With over 30 years of experience in front of the camera, Shari is now stepping behind it with everything she’s learned and absorbed. Her newest short, DOUBLE HAPPINESS, is currently making the rounds on the festival circuit with considerable success, having appeared in over 10 festivals and counting, as well as winning the Audience Award at the Soho International Film Festival. She lives in NYC with her actor-writer-editor-director husband and rescue dachshund, Dr. Watson.