Thais Drassinower is a Peruvian filmmaker based in Los Angeles. She holds an MFA in Film Directing from Columbia University, is a Warner Bros. Discovery Tomorrow’s Filmmakers Today Alumni and a BAFTA Newcomer Fellow. Her first short film Memories of the Sea was an Official Selection at various international film festivals including Palm Springs Shortfest and Aspen Shortsfest. It was chosen “Best of the Fest” at the New York International Children Film Festival and was showcased on a tour across America. It had its broadcast premiere on the acclaimed KQED’s “Film School Shorts” series in May, 2019. Her second short BABY was a semifinalist for the 45th Student Academy Awards. It won the “Adrienne Shelly Foundation Award for Best Female Director” and has screened at various international film festivals. Her third short The Catch won the Peruvian Ministry of Culture National Award and was nominated for “Best Student Short” at Tribeca Film Festival. Thais is currently developing her directorial debut The Girl of The Shining Snow which recently received the Peruvian Ministry of Culture Film Development Funds Award.