BIO
DEBRA KIRSCHNER creates painfully honest stories about goofy, flawed women like herself. She is best known for writing, directing and producing the indie feature THE TOLLBOOTH. Her latest feature script, MALLWALKERS, won the NYWIFT/Ravenal Grant for a second time feature director, and invitations to Cine Qua Non Lab and Stowe Story Lab, as well as a spot on the “Wscripted List of Excellent Scripts” at Cannes. Her pilot script SKETCH was developed at the 2021 Athena Film Festival Television Writers Lab. As a writer/director she has created promotional videos for small business, as well as the pilot FROG KISSERS, which premiered at ITV Fest, her web series THE HAPPY MOMMY HUSTLE, and her short film, CHANGING CLOTHES, which premiered at Cucalorus and played festivals around the world.