Andrew Schwarz

An extremely hard-working and passionate writer and director, Andrew Schwarz graduated from Hofstra University in 2014 with a dual degree in Film Production and Music Composition. He is a filmmaker of diligence, precision, and creativity with a flare for detail and an appetite for discovering new and exciting ways to tell interesting stories. He is also the award-winning composer and editor of several successful films. His first film, Separation(2014), a short thesis project shot on 16mm film, garnered several award wins and nominations at festivals all over the world, giving him widespread global attention directly out of undergraduate college. His second short film, The Cabinet In The Woods (2016), won 7 awards including Best Short Film at the 2017 Hoboken International Film Festival and Best Director at the 2016 Northeast Horror Film Festival. It was also an official selection of and screened at the Academy Award-qualifying Nashville Film Festival in 2017. Andrew's third short film, Beauty, is premiering in film festivals in the fall of 2020. Andrew's fourth short film, The Session, is in pre-production. He is also working on a script for his debut feature film.