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Laura Lewis-Barr has been studying fiction and non-fiction storytelling since childhood.  She is an award-winning writer and filmmaker and she teaches storytelling to business leaders and job seekers.  Before she earned her M.A in theatre, Laura was  a graduate student in clinical psychology.  In 2019 Laura began making stop motion films focused on fairy tales.  Her award-winning films are seen in festivals around the world.

Video Intro for Hobnobben Film Festival


Laura Lewis-Barr has worked as a playwright, freelance director, and  theatre professor for over 15 years. After her play, Cloistered Honey, was made into a low budget film, Laura began making independent short films. 

Stop motion + fairytales +passion

"After I bought a camera I took a series of filmmaking bootcamp classes with Chicago Filmmakers. Then I gathered some 11 inch dolls. My husband made me a little stage in our basement. I began teaching myself stop motion filmmaking. The dolls were a perfect cast – patient with me as I learned the camera.

I've fallen in love with this artform and alternate between creating shorts of updated fairy tales and original scripts exploring characters and culture." 

Film Festivals and Awards

 Inspirare Theatre and Film 

Award winners/Finalists and official selection

Revolution Film Festival - Reflections

Hobnobben– Gnarly Inside

Emerging Artists FF – Phone Gal

Medusa Film Festival – Phone Gal

Costwold International Film Festival – Gnarly Inside

MLC awards -- The Clown

Twin Falls Sandwiches Festival – The Gardener

Roy W Dean Hot Films in the Making – Stockbroker and the Goddess

Eugene International Film Festival – Cloistered Honey

Red Dirt Film Festival - Cloistered Honey

Official selections 

Alder International Short FF – Percy Grows Up

First Hermetic International FF – Percy Grows Up

MLC Awards – Reflections

Awareness Film Festival – Phone Gal

Alexandria Film Festival – The Split

Chicago International Indie FF – Gaia and the King

Senior Movie FF – Phone Gal

Cult Movies International FF – Gnarly Inside

Vidlings & Tapeheads FF – Phone Gal

Reel Recovering International FF – Phone Gal

Emerging Artists FF – Phone Gal

Direct Monthly Online Film Festival – Gnarly Inside

Rome Prisma FF – Phone Gal

New York Flash FF – Phone Gal

NYC Indie Theatre Film Festival – Visiting Valerie

FlickFair -- Gnarly Inside

Twin Falls Sandwiches Festival – Visiting Valerie

Skip Playhouse Film Festival – Phone Gal

Eau Clair International Film Festival -- Visiting Valerie

Adirondeck Film Festival – Jammed

Starved Rock FOTA – The Gardener

New York City Indie Theatre Film Festival – Jammed

New Filmmakers NY -- Jammed

New York City, IO Film Festival – Visiting Valerie

Cinema Sisters International Film Festival– The Split

Humboldt International Film Festival – The Split

Film and Folklore Festival – The Linguist / The Gardener

Depth of Field Film Festival -- Stockbroker and the Goddess

Women Of The Lens Film Festival – The Linguist

Ridgway Independent Film Fest --Stockbroker and the Goddess

QFlix Worchester 2020 - Would You Rather I was Dead

MINT Film Festival - Would You Rather I was Dead

Shropshire Film Festival - Would You Rather I was Dead

PITON International Film Festival -- Stockbroker and the Goddess

FROSTBITE International Indie Fest --The Clown

Hobnobben Film Fest -- The Clown

New York Long Island Film Festival --The Clown

Film Girl Film Festival – The Doctor’s Last Day

The Film Collective - The Doctor’s Last Day

Sigmund Freud Film Festival- The Doctor’s Last Day

Semi-finalist / Honorable Mention

International Moving Film Festival – Visiting Valerie

Macoproject – The Split

Wholesome Film Festival -- The Telling Tale

Altff Alternative Film Festival – Would you Rather I was Dead

Published plays

Marvelous Tales-- YouthPlays

Odysseus Comes Home -- YouthPlays 

The Vase -- Heartland Plays

The Trolls Heart – Drama Notebook

About Us

 I studied Asian theatre forms in grad school. Loved these amazing and powerful styles!  (Noh mask 18 c.) 

Some viewers of my films have noted the influence -- seen in the stillness of postures and mask-like faces of the dolls.

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