Laura Sampson Hemingway is an award-winning independent filmmaker and screenwriter with laurels for her debut feature Crossroads of America and second feature screenplay Nolo Contendere. For projects in development, Laura was awarded a micro grant from PANO Network and a fellowship with Stowe Story Labs. She's an alum of Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema at Brooklyn College (MFA), Eugene Lang College at The New School (BA), and The American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Laura teaches screenwriting at École Supérieure de Réalisation Audiovisuelle in New York City.