Trivia

Admitted into the prestigious A.F.I. Women Directors' Program, 2005.

Lives with fiancé and collaborator, David Newsom, in Los Angeles.

Close and longtime friend of Zachary Quinto.

Carnegie Mellon University, School of Drama. BFA, 1999.

Directed one Oscar-winning performance: Troy Kotsur in CODA (2021). This was the first Oscar win by a deaf male actor.