Chandra Gerson

Chandra Gerson was born in Palo Alto, California in 1966. She moved with her family to Granada Hills, CA when she was three. She attended St. Johnsbury Academy in Vermont her last two years of high school. She attended Alfred University located in Alfred NY, majoring in Psychology. After two years, she moved back to California and attended Valley College where she received her AA degree in Broadcast Journalism. She went on to Cal State University of Northridge where she received her BA in Broadcast Journalism. During her college career she had several internships with CBS, Entertainment Tonight, NBC, working with David Sheehan on two of his specials, Macho Men of the Movies & Leading Ladies, and later in life with "Talk Soup." She was always interested in being an actress, but didn't actively pursue it until later in life. In 1999, she became an extra and fell in love with the industry. Five months later she received her SAG card. She began taking acting classes at The Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute, then later studied with Gene Bua. She began writing scenes for class and that led to her first short film centering on domestic violence entitled, "Impaired Innocence." In 2009, she started her own production company, KitnKat Productions and more short films came after that. She began entering them into festivals. In 2012, her film Burning Distortion (2012) was accepted into the New York International Independent Film & Video Festival and won "Best Drama." Shortly after that her film, Detach (2012) was accepted into the VegasCineFest International Film Festival. Book of Choices (2017) is her first feature film and is an official selection for the 2017 Delhi Women's International Film Festival. Burning Distortion (2012) , A Gracious War (2016) , and Salvation of One (2016) screened at the 2016 Cannes Marche Du Film and Book of Choices (2017) is now being represented by Adler and Associates Entertainment. In 2017 Book of Choices (2017) won the Online Silver Award for Narrative Feature for the International Independent Film Awards and the Platinum Award for Script Writing for the Directors Awards. It also won the Award for Excellence for the Depth of Field International Film Festival Competition and is set for an initial release date on June 7, 2017 when it will debut on Amazon's VOD services in five countries (US/UK/Germany/Austria/Japan). Book of Choices (2017) is an official selection for the 2017 Out of the Can Film Festival for Best Screenplay and is now available on Amazon Prime in Canada, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Belize, and the Scandinavian countries, as well as China Mobile and Roku.