Rebecca Shoptaw is the writer, director, cinematographer and editor behind a number of award-winning short films, along with the critically-acclaimed web series "Middlemarch: The Series."
Her work has been featured in The New Yorker, Le Monde, and i-D magazine, and screened at festivals internationally such as BFI Flare, NewFest, and the Pilot Light TV Festival.
She has an abiding interest in adaptation, and is always experimenting, trying to figure out new ways to use cinematic language to take what seems untranslatable in writing and get it onscreen.
She is based in NYC.
  • Director (18 Credits)
    Ghost Light2025
    Short
    Ghost light2025
    Short
    At Night, In Brooklyn2024
    Experimental, Short
    Margot2024
    Short
    New Amsterdam2023
    Experimental, Short
    The Last Day of Summer2023
    Experimental, Short
    The Portrait of Mrs. John Lennox2023
    Short
    girl, sweetvoiced2019
    Experimental, Short
    A Vast and Curious Universe2018
    Short, Student
    Kindle2018
    Experimental, Short, Student, Web / New Media
    Love Language2018
    Short, Student, Web / New Media
    The Flickering Forest2018
    Short, Student, Web / New Media
    Untitled Tenderness Project2018
    Short, Student
    Middlemarch: The Series2017
    Student, Television, Web / New Media
    Happy Endings2016
    Experimental, Short, Student
    Infinite Rose2016
    Experimental, Short, Student
    Sonnet 232016
    Short, Student
    Recording2015
    Experimental, Short, Student
  • Writer (17 Credits)
    Ghost Light2025
    Short
    Ghost light2025
    Short
    At Night, In Brooklyn2024
    Experimental, Short
    Margot2024
    Short
    The Last Day of Summer2023
    Experimental, Short
    The Portrait of Mrs. John Lennox2023
    Short
    girl, sweetvoiced2019
    Experimental, Short
    A Vast and Curious Universe2018
    Short, Student
    Kindle2018
    Experimental, Short, Student, Web / New Media
    Love Language2018
    Short, Student, Web / New Media
    The Flickering Forest2018
    Short, Student, Web / New Media
    Untitled Tenderness Project2018
    Short, Student
    Middlemarch: The Series2017
    Student, Television, Web / New Media
    Happy Endings2016
    Experimental, Short, Student
    Infinite Rose2016
    Experimental, Short, Student
    Sonnet 232016
    Short, Student
    Recording2015
    Experimental, Short, Student
  • Producer (10 Credits)
    Margot2024
    Short
    New Amsterdam2023
    Experimental, Short
    The Last Day of Summer2023
    Experimental, Short
    A Vast and Curious Universe2018
    Short, Student
    Kindle2018
    Experimental, Short, Student, Web / New Media
    Love Language2018
    Short, Student, Web / New Media
    The Flickering Forest2018
    Short, Student, Web / New Media
    Untitled Tenderness Project2018
    Short, Student
    Middlemarch: The Series2017
    Student, Television, Web / New Media
    Happy Endings2016
    Experimental, Short, Student
  • Acting (3 Credits)
    Ghost Light2025
    Short
    Ghost light2025
    Short
    Recording2015
    Experimental, Short, Student
Official Selection
Ghost Light
New York Short Film Festival
New York, NY
2026
DIY Award for Best Ingenuity
Ghost Light
Reel Fest
Columbia, MO
2026
Official Selection
girl, sweetvoiced
ClexaCon Film Festival
Las Vegas
2020
Official Selection
girl, sweetvoiced
NewFest
New York City
2020
Official Selection
girl, sweetvoiced
BFI Flare
London
2020
Official Selection
Untitled Tenderness Project
NewFilmmakers NY
New York, NY
2019
Best International Web Series
Love Language
Pilot Light TV Festival
Manchester
2019
Official Selection
Love Language
Minnesota WebFest
Wayzata, MN
2019
Official Selection
Love Language
ClexaCon Film Festival
Las Vegas, NV
2019
Official Selection
Love Language
CineQ Birmingham
Birmingham
2019
Winner - Best Student Film
The Flickering Forest
Miami Independent Film Festival
Miami, FL
2019
Official Selection
The Flickering Forest
IndieWorks Screening Series
New York, NY
2019
Official Selection
The Flickering Forest
North Carolina Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
Durham, North Carolina
2019
Official Selection
A Vast and Curious Universe
FM LGBT Film Festival
Moorhead, MN
2019
Best Short Film
girl, sweetvoiced
NYC Web Fest
New York, NY
2019
Official Selection
girl, sweetvoiced
Q Film Weekender
Northampton
2019
Winner - Award of Merit
Untitled Tenderness Project
Best Shorts Film Festival
La Jolla, CA
2018
Official Selection
Untitled Tenderness Project
CHAIN NYC Film Festival
New York, NY
2018
Official Selection
Untitled Tenderness Project
PIOTR Paris
Paris
2018
Official Selection
Untitled Tenderness Project
FM LGBT Film Festival
Moorhead, ND
2018
Official Selection
Untitled Tenderness Project
Trans Stellar Film Festival
Detroit, MI
2018
Official Selection
Untitled Tenderness Project
Glitter! Oklahoma
McAlester, OK
2018
Official Selection
Love Language
Queer Film Fest Rostock
Rostock
2018
Official Selection
Happy Endings
Shelburne Falls Fabulous Fringe Fest
Shelburne Falls, MA
2017
Official Selection
Middlemarch: The Series
Worldwide Women's Film Festival
Phoenix, AZ
Official Selection
Sonnet 23
NewFest
New York, NY
Official Selection
Sonnet 23
North Carolina Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
Durham, NC
Official Selection
Sonnet 23
Fisheye Film Festival
Wycombe
Official Selection
Sonnet 23
Alternative Film Festival
Toronto, Ontario
Official Selection
Sonnet 23
IndieWorks Screening Series
New York, NY
Official Selection
Sonnet 23
Yale Student Film Festival
New Haven, CT
Official Selection
Sonnet 23
Feminist Border Arts Film Festival
Las Cruces, New Mexico
Official Selection
Middlemarch: The Series
Melbourne Web Fest
Melbourne
Official Selection
Middlemarch: The Series
ClexaCon Film Festival
Las Vegas, NV
Official Selection
Middlemarch: The Series
Carballo Interplay
Carballo
Official Selection
Middlemarch: The Series
Best Shorts Competition
La Jolla, CA
Official Selection
Middlemarch: The Series
Miami Independent Film Festival
Miami, FL
Official Selection
Middlemarch: The Series
Blackbird Film Festival
Cortland, NY
Official Selection
Middlemarch: The Series
Minnesota Web Fest
Minneapolis, MN
Official Selection
Middlemarch: The Series
Los Angeles CineFest
Los Angeles, CA
Official Selection
Middlemarch: The Series
Miami Movie Fest
Miami, FL
College
Yale University
Film and Media Studies
20142018
Gender
Female
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