Stephanie Kirves is an award-winning screenwriter, director, and actress. Best known for her strong emotional performances in horror films as a "scream queen", she has recently found an equal passion working behind the camera. Founder of film company Parallel Lives Pictures, she seeks to utilize cinema to explore issues she is passionate about - namely destigmatizing mental illness ("Parallel Lives") and combating the ecological crisis ("The Eden Trials"). Stephanie's films are known for their carefully crafted symbolic storylines, complex characters, and unique experimental visuals. Stephanie is known to simultaneously write, direct, produce, and act in her own projects - a rising quadruple threat!