Gwendolyn Infusino

Gwendolyn Infusino is an award-winning writer, director and producer with a UCLA MFA in Film Production: Writing/Directing. She is a member of Starlight Media's (Crazy Rich Asians) Stars Collective Program, a 100M development initiative for emerging directors. Her short films have screened Palm Springs ShortFest, LA Shorts and Chicago Underground Film Festival, among others. Gwendolyn is currently directing a documentary series as Filmmaker in Residence of the UCLA Film & Television Archive. She recently worked on director Tiller Russell's development team for an upcoming Netflix series, worked with The Gnomon Workshop, managed the production of Eleanor Coppola's feature Love is Love is Love, was a shooter on Francis Ford Coppola's live cinema project, and taught Film and Television Directing at UCLA. Her background includes more than fifteen years of writing and producing work in prominent contemporary art and film organizations, including experience in museum curating, marketing, advertising, journalism, architecture and tech. In 2010, Gwen curated the Italics Film Series, the first narrative film series ever exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago where she worked in curatorial to produce more than ten major exhibitions, including Jeff Koons, 2008 and Jenny Holzer: Protect, Protect, 2009. In addition to her UCLA MFA, she holds a BA in English and Art History from DePaul University, where she graduated from the Honors Program and studied abroad with Louvre Museum curators in Paris. Originally from Chicago, Gwen is based in LA. UCLA Film & Television Archive, Filmmaker in Residence, 2022 Starlight Media's Stars Collective Development Program, 2021 - 2023 Edie and Lew Wasserman Film Production Fellowship, 2017 Antonio David Blanco Film Fellowship, 2017 Motion Picture Association of America Award, 2016 Terina Spyropoulou Memorial Award, 2015