Laurie Weltz Women's Media Summit
Film Financing Forum

Laurie Weltz’s debut feature film, “Wrestling with Alligators,” premiered at Sundance, where it was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize and was subsequently released theatrically and on video and television. Her second film, “About Scout,” has recently been released both theatrically and on VOD and DVD. She is currently in development on her third feature “The Night Swimmer.” Laurie has written three other optioned screenplays and has worked as a freelance director, writer and editor on television shows, music videos, documentaries, and web series. Her television work has twice been nominated for ACE Awards, and her projects have been recipients of numerous awards, as well as participants in IFP Emerging Filmmakers, IFP No Borders, a finalist for NYWIFT’s Ravenal Grant, and Stowe Story Labs PAGE Screenwriting Fellow.