About

Audrey Zane is a writer, director, and producer currently based in New York City. Born and raised in Dallas, Texas, she graduated from Texas A&M University in 2021 with a Bachelor of Science in Visualization (concentration in Animation) and a Minor in Film Studies.
She is currently pursuing her MFA in Film at Columbia University where she is concentrating in Creative Producing. Her upcoming short, 'Poppy', which she also wrote herself, is in post-production along with the short films 'Sunflowers in Idaho' and 'Blind Spot', which she produced. Other films she has upcoming as a producer include 'Spinning Memories' and 'Night Owl'.

When not attending classes at Columbia's School of the Arts or working on films and scripts, Audrey is an avid reader and almost always has her Kindle with her wherever she goes. Audrey is interested in the creative development of stories and, as a reader, in the development of adaptations. Her aforementioned short film, 'Poppy', is a queer, contemporary adaptation of the Greek myth of Persephone.
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• Poppy ➝
• Love at First Bite (2024) ➝

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• Sunflowers in Idaho ➝
• Blind Spot ➝
• Spinning Memories ➝
• Night Owl ➝

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• Untitled estrie short film ➝

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• Changeling ➝
• Vainglorious ➝
• Muse ➝

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Poppy (Currently in Post-Production)

Poppy is a contemporary retelling of the Greek myth of Persephone that follows Poppy as she struggles in a cycle of being pulled between her homophobic, addict mother and her girlfriend, Harper.

The film explores the complexities of a mother/daughter relationship, focusing on the relationship between Poppy (Persephone) and her mother (Demeter), while also revealing how such a relationship can influence the rest of the daughter's life.Genre: Short, Drama, Romance
Length: 11 Minutes

Cast & Crew

Poppy                                           Emma Mumford
Poppy's Mother                         Jennifer Tulchin
Harper                                          Liana Glennon

Writer & Director                      Audrey Zane
Producer                                     Anna Dunn
Co-Producer                              Audrey Zane
Director of Photography       Sofia Voss
Assistant Camera                    Joshua Akinwumi
Sound                                           Dan Horch
Composer                                   Gabriella Hirsch
Casting Assistant                     Janice Picconi
Intimacy Coordinator            Edy Kennedy
Production Assistants            Brianna Justine
                                                        Nicolette Baker
Post Supervisor                        Edy Kennedy
Editor                                           Audrey Zane

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• Letterboxd

Love at First Bite (2024)

Christine, a vampire, is on the hunt for a meal at a Halloween party when she sets her sights on Lilah, a loner partygoer. As Christine seduces Lilah, she realizes there might be more to this encounter than she initially thought.Genre: Short, Horror, Romance
Length: 5 minutes

Cast & Crew

Christine                                      Kiara Petrucci
Lilah                                              Elizabeth Baker
Drunk Guy                                   Justin Chi

Writer & Director                       Audrey Zane
Producer                                      Sofia Voss
Director of Photography        Crystal Navellier
Assistant Director                     Jean Ding
1st Assistant Camera              Jayme Coveliers
2nd Assistant Camera            Sofia Voss
Grip & Electric                            Jayme Coveliers
Sound                                           Jeff Litchenstein
                                                        Cory St. Ewart
CCO                                                Anna Dunn
Production Design                   Anna Dunn
Special Effects Makeup         Audrey Zane
Editing & Visual Effects          Audrey Zane

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• Kickstarter Campaign

Night Owl (Currently in Post-Production)

Genre: Short, Drama
Logline: A young wife and mother rediscovers her long forgotten passion when she is granted the ability to live without sleep.

Cast & Crew

Marlena                                      Campbell Symes
Mike                                              Yosef Moskowitz
Woman                                        Michelle Girolami
Matti                                             Emily Yakubets
Michael                                        Graham Lopez
Anna                                              Anna-Carina Sporri
Owl                                                Woodstock the OwlWriter & Director                       Amanda Rose
Producer                                      Audrey Zane
Production Manager               Edy Kennedy
Assistant Director                     Noah Namgoong
Director of Photography        Pete Quandt
1st Assistant Camera              Dan Brauchli
2nd Assistant Camera            Katla Solnes
Sound                                           Savannah Gisleson
Gaffer                                            Alexis Aguilar
Grip                                                Adam Bruyneseteyn
                                                        Joshua Kellerman
Owl Trainer                                 Thomas JV Cullen IV

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Spinning Memories (Currently in Post-Production)

Genre: Short, Drama
Logline: A young man processes his grief and reconnects with his deceased father after rediscovering the music they used to listen to nearly 10 years later.

Cast & Crew

Writer & Director                       Alexandra Alston
Producer                                      Audrey Zane
                                                        Anna Russell
Assistant Director                    Dana M Osburn
Director of Photography       Samuel Romero
1st Assistant Camera             Humberto Blanco
2nd Assistant Camera           Gaurav Gawankar
                                                       Dayana Akhamadeeva
Gaffer                                           Tim Caruso
Grip                                               Kevin Rosa
Swing/Grip                                 Bryan Cortes
Swing/Grip                                 Asunción Ramos
Sound                                          Jace Lai
                                                       Erin Rice
Script Supervisor                    Julissa Scorpino
Production Designer              Malia Edney
Art Director                                Shae Mohamed
On-Set Dresser                         Shanoya Allwood
                                                       Adrián José
                                                       Yael Grunseit
Set Dresser                                Julianna Brown
                                                       Chris Brown
Wardrobe                                   Bella Baynard
HMU                                             Kayla Shepherd
Editor                                           Maya Parkoff

Changeling (Work in Progress)

Feature Screenplay
Genre: Drama, Coming-of-Age, PsychologicalA chronically ill young girl experiences magical, haunting visions that lead her to believe she’s a faerie changeling. Her mother’s actions to treat her illness, which she believes are only delaying her inevitable return to the faerie realm, get increasingly more unavoidable as she struggles to prevent them—potentially leading to drastic consequences as her health deteriorates further.

Vainglorious (Work in Progress)

Feature Screenplay
Genre: Psychosexual ThrillerJack Levitt, a young but deadbeat, aspiring artist is chosen to be mentored by artist Max Ranta, who is renowned for his abstract, blood-red representations of various manners of death. As Jack studies under the elusive artist, he finds himself questioning whether he is willing to make the necessary sacrifices in order to be successful in the contrived and vainglorious world of galleries and fine art.

Muse (Work in Progress)

Feature Screenplay
Genre: Psychological Thriller, Dark Academia/Secret SocietyClassical Studies student Nora, learning about its connection to her late parents, finds herself drawn into a secret society as she seeks answers to the cause of their deaths. However, the bacchanalian rituals they perform have a dangerous effect on her and lead her down a dark path from which her boyfriend Lucas aims to save her.
_{An Orpheus and Eurydice myth retelling.}