Laura G. Chirinos

Laura G Chirinos is an avid creative storyteller and proud LA native. From producing performance art in support of the LGBTQIA community while in college, to acting as Creative Arts Director for the Boys & Girls Club, Chirinos has been dedicated first and foremost to artistic expression, the development and implementation of diverse and female-led stories, and to supporting those who would create them. After producing three feature films and learning post production at Hollywood's premiere color-processing house Technicolor, Chirinos decided it was time, at long last, to direct. Revelations (2013), her directorial debut, screened both domestically and internationally including at HollyShorts, Lady Filmmakers, and London's Portobello Film Festival. Her 2015 film The Last Deal in partnership with the Boys & Girls Club was given their National Award of Achievement, and it was this return to creative mentorship that led Chirinos to a position with the American Film Institute (AFI). In 2017, Chirinos was part of establishing the inaugural Los Angeles session of the female-led non-profit Camp Reel Stories and became a Page International Screenwriting Awards semi-finalist with co-written short script History of Intent. While still supervising production at AFI, her WWII dramatic proof of concept Heed the Call (2018) screened at the prestigious SCAD (Savannah College of Art + Design) and Athena Film Festivals. It is now in series development. As a live music photographer, Chirinos has shot eclectic artists such as Solange, Portishead, Janelle Monae, The Dillinger Escape Plan, FKA Twigs, Nick Cave, Savages, Wu-Tang Clan, Bat For Lashes, and Run The Jewels.