Talent Guide

Rebecca Sonnenshine

  • Discipline:Director
  • Program Year:Directing Lab 2004

Bio

Rebecca Sonnenshine is a graduate of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. She was the recipient of a Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting and has attended the Film Independent Director’s Lab and the Berlinale Talent Campus. She produced the feature films BUNNY (2000), which received a Spirit Award Nomination, and REVERSION (2008), which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. As a screenwriter, her credits include HAPPILY EVEN AFTER, AMERICAN ZOMBIE, THE HAUNTING OF MOLLY HARTLEY, and WITHIN. She is currently a writer on the THE VAMPIRE DIARIES.

Current Project

In a story of chance, three characters impulsively abandon their lives in pursuit of a fresh start -- only to discover they make exactly the same mistakes the second time around.