Sasha Pasternak

Sasha Pasternak is a Los Angeles-based writer/director with a Master of Fine Arts from the USC John Wells Division of Writing for Screen and Television. She is a 2019 Academy Nicholl Fellowship 'Top Fifty' semi-finalist, for her screenplay Vicious; as well as a finalist for the 2019 ScreenCraft Finishing Fund Award for her short film Make Me The Tennessee. In 2011, Sasha earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Hartt School of Music: University of Hartford, with accompanying credits from Oxford University. Sasha is a long-time student of acting coach Larry Moss. Some of her most notable acting credits include: Search For Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe (Produced by Lily Tomlin & Jane Wagner), The Band's Visit (MTC Creative Center), and Gilmore Girls (Directed by Amy Sherman- Palladino).