I am a writer and filmmaker, originally from New York and currently living in New Orleans. I have studied writing at Vassar College and the Sarah Lawrence Institute, and in 2022 my work-in-progress novella received an Honorable Mention for the Kathryn Gurfein Writing Fellowship.
I began my film career as a 2D animator in Liege, Belgium, and returned to New York to pursue live action filmmaking and stand up comedy. I co-ran a comedy show called “You’re Doing Amazing Sweetie” from 2018-2020 in Brooklyn with Megan Gilbert. In 2019 our original play, “The Road to Horsecamp,” premiered at the Interrobang Theater Festival. I’ve studied improv at the Magnet Theater, and acting with Jim Brill at the Neighborhood Playhouse.
In 2019, I was a finalist for the Sundance Episodic Lab and finished my first short film, “It’s a Cultural Thing,” which premiered at the East Village Queer Film Festival in 2020.
I am currently working on a short film, “Famiglia,” and on finishing two feature film scripts. I recently launched a substack, for short-form nonfiction pieces (stacyland.substack.com). I love to collaborate on film, writing, and animation projects, so please reach out if you would like to learn more about my work. Thank you for visiting, and I look forward to hearing from you!