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Laci Dent is an award winning writer, director, producer and production designer based in Los Angeles. She is originally from New Orleans, Louisiana.

Laci is a storyteller who builds atmospheric worlds through her passion for unique tales, uncanny characters and dark undertones.

Laci earned an MFA in directing and production from the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television after graduating with a BA from Vassar College. Her work has been supported by SFFILM, The Gotham, The Black List, Women in Film Los Angeles, The Westridge Foundation, The Bryn Mawr Film Institute, Disney/ABC, The Future of Film is Female and The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York. Currently, Laci is developing her first feature film project set in Louisiana.

In addition to her filmmaking endeavors, Laci is a tenure track assistant professor of screen arts at Pepperdine University in Malibu, CA.

RECENT AWARDS + HONORS

NALIP / Women of Color Incubator Grant Recipient - 2021

The Gotham Project Forum - 2020

SFFILM + Westridge Screenwriting Grant - 2020

The Black List + WIF Feature Lab Fellow - 2020

The Future of Film is Female Short Film Fund Recipient - 2019

Disney ABC Writing Fellowship Semi-Finalist - 2018

Panavision New Filmmaker Grant - 2017

UCLA Four Sister’s Scholarship - 2017

UCLA Lew and Eddie Wasserman Thesis Grant - 2017