Courtney Sandifer

Courtney is a non-profit communications professional with a creative heart and a passion for telling stories through filmmaking. She recently produced her second feature film and is in development on her third, a family movie called Kids vs. Zombies. Courtney has directed & produced seven short films and one TV Pilot, most of which she wrote as well. Her short film "Hut Hut", about a boy and his relationship with a disabled neighbor, placed in the Top 5 at the Louisiana Film Prize and is currently making the rounds at film festivals. She is also deep into post-production on a documentary about mother, a 1999 World Armwrestling Champion making her comeback to armwrestling. Courtney is inspired tremendously by her own two children, one of which is on the Autism spectrum. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Family Science and Child Development from Louisiana Tech University, and a Master of Public Administration from the University of Texas at Arlington, where she focused on non-profit management. She has lived in, and loved, the Houston metro area for most of her adult life, only leaving for a short stint in Little Rock, Arkansas in 2007.