Draft:Nela Wagman
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Nela Wagman is an award-winning screenwriter-director and the founding artistic director of New York’s Watermark Theater. Her directing work in film and theater has been recognized for its wit, depth, and emotional intelligence.
Her short film Come Find Me has screened at over thirty festivals, including the Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival, Julien Dubuque International Film Festival, Catalina Film Festival, Ischia Global Film Festival, and the 20MinMax Festival in Germany (20minmax.de). It was also broadcast nationally on PBS as part of WMHT’s TvFilm series (PBS), winning multiple awards.
Her earlier film That Was Delicious screened at Golden Door International Film Festival, YoFiFest, and the International Women’s Film Festival. Wagman won Best Actress in a Short (Love and Hope Festival, Barcelona) (Love & Hope IFF), and the film won Best Micro Short at Skiptown Playhouse International Film Festival and Reale International Film Festival, along with multiple nominations.
For Watermark Theater, Wagman directed numerous productions at the Ohio Theatre, including The Arrangement by Susan Kim, Waiting at the Water’s Edge by Lucinda Coxon (The New York Times), Blaming Mom by David Edelstein (The New York Times), Waiter, Waiter by David Simpatico (The New York Times), and Acts of Desire by Neena Beber. She also created and curated the WordFire Festival of Solo Performance (Newsday).
She directed Summer Cyclone by Amy Fox (The New York Times) and Masha No Home by Lloyd Suh (The New York Times) at Ensemble Studio Theatre.
Wagman co-produced the feature films Dead Broke, starring Paul Sorvino, Justin Theroux, and Jill Hennessy, and Urbania starring Dan Futterman, Alan Cumming, and Josh Hamilton.
She holds a B.A. from Harvard and an M.F.A. in Film from the City College of New York. She also completed the Two-Year Professional Workshop at Circle in the Square Theatre School in New York. She lives in New York City, where she continues to develop original works for screen and stage.