Talia Lugacy is an American film director, writer and producer. She is best known for her work on the films ''

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'' and '' This Is Not a War Story''.

Life and career

Lugacy was born in

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to Moroccan and Greek parents. She graduated from New York University Tisch School of the Arts. She is an assistant professor of Screen Studies at Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts at

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. Lugacy's debut feature film, ''

'', premiered at the

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in 2007 and it was a

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Critics' Pick. In 2021, her second feature film '' This Is Not a War Story'', premiered at 2021 SF Indie Fest, where it won the Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature. She is also slated to direct the upcoming feature film ''Whitey on the Moon''.

Filmography

As actress

* 2014 : ''The Shape of Something Squashed'' * 2021 : '' This Is Not a War Story''

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* American women film directors American women screenwriters 21st-century American women American women film producers American film actresses Year of birth missing (living people) Living people {{US-film-director-stub