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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

Award winner and official selection

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  

Direct Monthly Online Film Festival – Gnarly 

Inside 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  T

he Vase -- Heartland Plays 

The Trolls Heart – Drama Notebook 

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