Jacqueline Christy
Jacqueline Christy is a writer, director, and founder of Access Theater. She received her MFA from the NYU Graduate Film Program at Tisch and received grants from the NYC Women's Fund, the NY State Council on the Arts, the Hollywood Foreign Press grant, and the Sloan Foundation. Through Access Theater’s 33-year history, she has produced, co-produced and presented hundreds of plays, including The Killing Act starring Peter Dinklage, written and directed by Tom McCarthy; Aasif Mandvi’s Sakina’s Restaurant; Stephen Belber’s Tape; and Bedlam’s acclaimed production of Saint Joan. She was Assistant Director of the feature films Radium Girls and Equity and the short film Jungle, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. She was Assistant Director of the short film Fry Day, which premiered at SXSW. Her directorial film work includes the feature film Magic Hour, the short films Rehearsal (Austin Film Festival), Other People (St Louis International Film Festival), and The Dependents (LA Shorts International Film Festival). Christy was recently selected by SHOOT magazine for their New Directors Showcase. Magic Hour premiered at the Santa Barbara Film Festival, where it was selected for an Encore screening. It won the Audience Awards for Best Feature Film at the Annapolis Film Festival, the Berkshire International Film Festival, and the Second Runner Up Audience Award at the Miami Film Festival, as well as a Berkshire Film Festival Jury Award for Outstanding Performance for Miriam Shor. Magic Hour stars Miriam Shor, Sendhil Ramamurthy, and Austin Pendleton, and is Christy’s feature debut.
