KATHERINE KING
Writer | Actor | Director
When COVID-19 struck in March 2020 it became clear a Director and DP couldn't get on set. Katherine King, with the guidance of colleagues and support of her family, wrote, directed and starred in the short film Glass Door - a love story in a time of COVID. Her film credits include: Corners with the late and great Lynn Cohen (Hunger Games, Sex in the City) and Aida Turturro (Sopranos), Concrete Jungle, The First Supper and more. Her NYC stage debut was in the winter of 2020 in the role of Liz Barnard in Lanford Wilson's Sympathetic Magic which is in pre-porduction for off-Broadway in November and December 2021.
SAYRA PLAYER
Actor
Sayra Player, a Missouri native and long time New Yorker, is a member of The Collective NY and The Actors Studio. She is also a published playwright. She has worked with theatre folk such as: Elizabeth Kemp, Harvey Keitel, Ellen Burstyn, Lee Grant, Estelle Parsons, Len Jenkin, Jay Schieb, Carlin Glynn, Lyle Kessler, Michael Christofer, Jim Simpson, Alexandre Marine, Polly Draper & Mac Wellman. She worked in Italy and Poland with the Workcenter of Jerzy Grotowski and Thomas Richard.
She attended the same high school as Arliss Howard.
ANTHONY NICOLAU
Director | Champion of Female Filmmakers
Born and raised where the midwest meets the south in St. Louis, MO, Anthony Nicolau has spent the last decade living and working in Brooklyn, NY. He has written, produced, and directed award winning films that have screened internationally. Anthony is also an accomplished commercial producer and director, focusing on bringing narrative stories to established brands such as Cointreau, BMW, Adidas, Maybelline, BMW, and Spotify-- to name a few. His short film “The Night Owl” was selected as part of Sundance's prestigious “Short Film Connection” in 2017. His latest film "Corners" gave him the opportunity to work with Lynn Cohen (pictured here of Munich, Sex & the City) and Aida Turturro (The Sopranos). For Glass Door he guided Katherine step-by-step through the directing process while the world went into lock-down. He is currently in development on his first feature film "Everyone Worries at Night".