LILY MARIYE

• DIRECTOR/WRITER/PRODUCER Film and Television
• FILMMAKER OF THE YEAR, (N.O.W., the National Organization for Women)
• FINALIST, Sundance Feature Film Lab (“More Than This” - 2007, “The Shangri-la Café” feature – 2001)
• THE SHANGRI-LA CAFÉ, Director/Writer/Producer (2000)
  • Winner: Best Short Film- Moondance Film Festival
  • Best Screenplay – Brussels Independent Film Festival
  • 2nd Place Best Short Film, Nashville Independent Film Festival
  • 2nd Place Best Short Film, Woodstock Film Festival
• INSTANT FILMS, Director (2002-2003) – Independent film project held every two months in which eight short films are written, filmed, edited and shown in 48 hours
• BEST SCREENPLAY AWARD, GAFFERS Film Festival (“The Shangri-la Café feature – 2005)
• BEST SCREENPLAY AWARD, Ohio International Independent Film Festival (“The Shangri-la Café” feature – 2004)
• MEDIA FUND GRANT, NAATA, National Asian American Television Association (“The Shangri-la Café” feature - 2004)
• IFP Emerging Narrative Filmmaker (“The Shangri-la Café” feature – 2005)
• FINALIST, Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship (“The Shangri-la Café” feature –2003)
• FINALIST, Roy W. Dean grant (“The Shangri-la Café” feature – 2002)
• “SHADOWED” DIRECTOR/PRODUCER/MENTORS: JONATHAN KAPLAN AND LESLI LINKA GLATTER on 10 episodes of ER, 2 episodes of Gilmore Girls, 4 episodes of West Wing; observed concept meetings, location scouts, casting, production meetings, storyboarding, filming and editing (1998-2004)