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.
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.
"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."
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