Cecilia Copeland

Cecilia Copeland is a Latinx, Midwestern, Israeli, Non-Princess and legal resident of Australia who chooses to live in her adopted home, New York. She climbed Masada at five years old, studied classical ballet and martial arts, was a dancer for MTV and appeared on their show 10 Angry Viewers. In 1999 she wrote her AUS Metro Screen Special Effects Grant Award Winning futuristic Sci-FI short about a female terrorist brought down by a female cop. She is still writing strong female protagonists all these years later. Copeland is a Best Dramatic Feature Screenplay Winner 2019 Female Eye Film Festival Toronto and Queen Palm Film Festival, LA Live Film Festival Finalist, Screencraft Public Domain Finalist, Page Awards Quarterfinalist for The Copeland Kids, an autobiographical script based on the Copeland Kidnappings. Her vampire film 13th St Scare is in development with former Netflix Executive Producer Perla Martínez. Copeland is a Best TV Pilot Winner, New York Women in Film and Television New Works Lab and LA Femme International Film Festival with her Science Fiction TV Pilot Surviving the Gauntlet, Taltrix based on her book Surviving the Gauntlet. Copeland is a Best Screenplay Winner with Indian Billy Ice for Los Angeles Film Awards, Royal Wolf Film Awards, Pinnacle Awards, LA Live Film Festival, Mind Field Film Festival, and Finalist for Moondance Film Festival among others. Copeland is an Alumna of the Writers Workshops at the University of Iowa BA with Honors and a Minor in Dance and Ohio University MFA. Member New York Women in Film and Television, National New Play Network Featured Writer, Indie Theatre Hall of Fame. She is the Founder and former Producing Artistic Director of New York Madness Theatre Company where she produced over 200 short plays in Madness festivals for seven years all over New York City.