Sarah Louise Wilson

Sarah Louise Wilson is a well-rounded artist. She writes, directs, produces, paints and acts. She received her BFA from Cal-Arts. She has appeared in numerous national commercials and worked with awarding winning director Heidi Van Lier in her film “Monday,” which premiered at the Slamdance festival 2006. Since then with her production company, Stella Bella Productions, she penned and starred in her pseudo-autobiographical romantic comedy “Jelly” (Starring Natasha Lyonne, Ed McMahon) which premiered at the San Diego Black Film Festival 2010. “Jelly” also screened at WIFF and TIFF. The film went on to win four Accolade awards. “Jelly” is repped by Cinetic media and has been released on Netflix, The Sundance Channel International along with Fancast in 2010. She also recently wrote and directed the short film “Olivia” starring Camille Winbush (“The Secret Life of the American Teenager”) and Andrew James Alan (“The Lovely Bones”) which premiered in this years FRAMELINE festival in June. “The Accidental Death of Joey by Sue” is her feature film directorial debut starring Steve Talley (“American Pie”) and Lin Shaye (“There’s Something About Mary”), which she directed and wrote with her friend Neal Thibedeau. “The Accidental Death of Joey by Sue” premiered in NYC July 28, 2010 at the HBO New York Latino International Film Festival. Her many years of outreach work at Plaza De La Raza and her direction of the children in Lorca’s “Blood Wedding,” sparked her interest in Dia De Los Muertos which led to the writing of The Accidental Death of Joey by Sue. In addition to her work at Plaza de la Raza, she has been asked to be the playwright for the C.A.P. program through Cal-Arts and REDCAT Walt Disney theatre for the spring of 2011 where she will loosely adapt Pedro Calderon de la Barca’s “Life is a Dream.” Up next for Sarah is a project called the “Scarlet Ibis,” in which she will serve as Writer/ Producer. Peter Murrieta (“Wizards of Waverly Place,” “The Clique”) has signed on as Executive Producer.