Sontenish Myers

Sontenish Myers is a writer-director and editor based in Harlem, NY. She has used these skillsets on all four of her films. In her experience, honing each one strengthens the other two.  Her most recent film CROSS MY HEART, The film world premiered at East End Film Festival in London and made its North American Premiere at Seattle International Film Festival. Sontenish was also awarded the Alexis Award for Best Emerging Student Filmmaker at Palm Springs International Shortfest for Cross My Heart, which was also included in Refinery29's list of The Most Exciting Woman-Directed Films At 2018's Palm Springs Shortfest. Cross My Heart won the Vimeo Staff Pick Award at Hamptons International Film Festival for its “outstanding performances from its two young leads and a nuanced directorial approach.”

Sontenish is currently a 2018-2019 IFP Marcie Bloom Fellow in Film. She is currently developing her first feature film, Stampede, which has been accepted into the 2019 HIFF Screenwriting Lab, Film Independent Screenwriting Lab and IFP Week 2019.