Interviews with Female and GNC Filmmakers
In our interviews, we’re able to share the success stories and celebrate the work of established female and GNC filmmakers. These filmmakers are sharing their knowledge with the TLL community to expand educational equity in Hollywood and also provide insight into the steps they’ve taken in their lives.
Actualizing Your Art with Isabel Sandoval
Isabel Sandoval is a trans Filipina filmmaker and the director behind critically acclaimed Lingua Franca. She spoke to the Light Leaks about her start in film, where her career has taken her so far with recognition by GLAAD, Film Independent Spirit Awards, ARRAY, and the Criterion Channel to name a few. Read how she’s manifested her success through visualization and hard work.
Director Dylan Mars Greenberg on Queering Horror and Making Your Film No Matter What
Dylan Mars Greenberg is a queer, trans filmmaker, video artist, musician, and performer from New York City. Greenberg has directed six feature films, going on seven. Her work has been featured in Vice, PAPER, New York Times, and more.
Disrupting the Lens: How River Gallo Created Their Own Representation
River Gallo is a multifaceted creative whose made waves in Hollywood as a filmmaker but also as an actor and model. In 2019, River premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival ‘Ponyboi’: a dreamy yet haunting short film about an intersex runaway turned sex worker that encounters the man of their dreams in real life-- or so it seems. Ponyboi is the first narrative ever to star an intersex actor playing an intersex character with River playing the title character. River has been recognized by GLAAD as a Media Rising Star (2019) and selected for the Ryan Murphy HALF Initiative for Television Directing (2020) as well as the Berlinale Talent Fellowship (2021).