Kristen Wolf(I)
- Producer
- Director
- Writer
Kristen Wolf is an award-winning writer, director and producer dedicated to centering queerness in stories of beauty and wonder. Her debut novel, The Way: A Girl Who Dared to Rise, was hailed by O, The Oprah Magazine as "A Title to Pick Up Now!" Her writing has received numerous honors including the IPPY, IAN, NIEA, BIBA, LesFic Bard Award, IndieReader Discovery Award and the Eric Hoffer First Horizon Award. Wolf's films include the narrative short Sparkle (Winner of Best LGBTQ+ Directed Short Film at the 2023 Phoenix Film Festival etc) and Club Q: The Legendary Dance Party for Women (premiered at the DGA and screened at festivals worldwide). Wolf's producing credits include the films Beyond The Aggressives: 25 Years Later (NYT Critics' Pick + Showtime, dir: Daniel Peddle), Nasrin (dir: Jeff Kaufman), I Was Born This Way (dir: Daniel Junge and Sam Pollard) and the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winning Broadway musical, A Strange Loop. She is co-founder of Women Have Wings a grant-making organization that honors and supports women activists around the globe. She also proudly sits on the Board of Directors of Gamechanger Films' Nonprofit driven by the mission to advance equity and authenticity in the entertainment industry. Wolf's latest narrative short, Parker and the Green Dress, will have its festival debut in 2024. She's currently developing her first narrative feature.