Chelsea O’Connor grew up a true midwesterner in Bay City, Michigan. In high school she fell in love with theatre, and more importantly, the art of storytelling. Chelsea studied theatre performance at The University of Michigan’s prestigious acting program. After years of professional acting in New York City’s theatre scene, she moved to Los Angeles to pursue work behind the camera.
Chelsea was the recipient of the Panavision New Filmmaker Grant in 2015 for her award-winning science fiction short film SUSIE SUNSHINE. She is currently developing SHINE, an original tv series based on her short. Her producing work also includes CHATSWORTH, a short film written and directed by La Monte Edwards, and DUCK WORLD a 16 episode webseries written and directed by Alex Grybauskas. Chelsea is a member of Women In Film.