Okay, here are the details... I'm hosting a free lecture:
"Building the Fear"
Understanding the Anatomy of Horror in 2022
I will be joined by season horror film producer, Dena Hysell-Cornejo!
Dena Hysell-Cornejo is restlessly creative, working across mediums depending on the direction the story takes her as a writer, director, photographer, producer, and multimedia artist. Her work has been recognized with top honors at multiple festivals (Toronto, Seattle, Indiana, NYFF), and acquired by major distributors. After graduating from Stanford University, she has written, directed and produced for Eli Roth’s Crypt TV, Legacy Entertainment Partners, Drive Media and various other companies. She was featured in the 2017 Buzzfeed article on female directors talking about gender and representation in Hollywood (https://www.buzzfeed.com/jarettwieselman/women-filmmakers-get-real-about-hollywoods)
She just wrote a feature thriller for The Cartel which released Summer 2022, as well as writing/directing a documentary feature for Without Exception Films on gender based violence and the NGOs around the world working to challenge the status quo. Her narrative directing debut feature, ASCENT TO HELL, was released by Gravitas Ventures to unanimously good reviews in the press, getting 4 out of 5 stars from First Comic News, and leading Spoiler Free Movie Sleuth to comment “…Hysell takes the predictable into unexpected territory, the undeniable hallmark of this scrappy, architectural haunting” Her third narrative feature, sci-fi horror film ALGORITHM:BLISS was released through Green Apple Entertainment.
