Laura Lewis-Barr

Director, Playwright, Screenwriter, Filmmaker and 3d Animator

Chicago, Illinois

Member Since:
October 2012

Last online:
> 2 weeks ago

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About Laura

Laura started in the theatre and now is making stop motion shorts. Her first stop motion, "The Doctor's Last Day" is a featured selection next month in the Film Girl Film Festival (Milwaukee). Her second short, "The Gardener" is a featured selection next month in the Twin Falls Sandwich Film Festival. Laura documents her filmmaking on the blog .

Laura's play, "Cloistered Honey" was made into a low budget film through Inspirare Productions. "Cloistered Honey" has been an official selection at the Red Dirt International Film Festival (nominated for Best Writing - Drama) and the Eugene International Film Festival (Awarded Best Screenplay – Feature.) It is now available on Amazon. Chernobyl's Fire won the Playwrights First Award and was a finalist in the O'Neill Theatre Center National Playwrights Conference Competition and Steppenwolf Theatre’s “First Look.” Marvelous Tales, and Odysseus Comes Home have been published by YouthPlays and The Vase is published with Heartland Plays. Press response to Laura’s writing: “earnest, funny, introspective”— Chicago’s Daily Herald; “intriguing and carefully drawn…Lewis-Barr’s writing drives the production” --- Pittsburgh Post Gazette; “riveting” -- Windy City Times. Laura’s Masters Degree in Drama is from San Francisco State University . Before her move to the country, (to work as Artistic Director/Theatre Professor at Sauk Valley College) Laura was a member of the Playwrights Collective and Chicago Dramatists.
Laura's day job is teaching public speaking via

Gender:
Female

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Ditching Destiny on Halloween by Laura Lewis- Barr performed by the Quarantine Players

Seeking Producers! Ditching Destiny or The Bride Can't Decide -- Staged Reading -- End of Act 1

Scene from Laura Lewis-Barr's stop motion film, "The Gardener: A Cautionary Comedy."

Loglines

Ditching Destiny on Halloween (or --The Bride Can’t Decide) Budget: $0 - $100K | Romance ⋄ Comedy A lonely klutz is finally ready to settle for her gorgeous-but-dull boyfriend when she meets a strange, melancholy astrologer. A comedy about fate, destiny, and bad choices.
Thinking Offline -- 10 minute film Budget: $0 - $100K | Experimental Stuck in the woods, a tween learns what lurks inside when a cell phone runs out of juice.

Credits

The Telling Tale (2020)
Film (short) by Inspirare Productions Writer/Director/Filmmaker
The Goddess and the Stockbroker (2020)
Film (short) by Inspirare Productions Writer/Director/Filmmaker Official Selection and to be screened in 2020 with Piton International Film Festival.
The Linguist (2020)
by Inspirare Productions Writer/Director/Filmmaker Short stop motion film
The Split (2020)
Film (short) by Inspirare Productions (Drama) Writer/Director/Filmmaker
The Gardener (2019)
Film (short) by Inspirare Productions Writer/Director/Filmmaker Dee is granted unlimited wishes by a grateful beetle, which leads to unforeseen problems.
Would You Rather I was Dead? (2019)
Film (short) by Inspirare Productions (Comedy, Animation and Short) Director 6 minute film following a morning at home with Bruce and Joe. Official selection of Shropshire Rainbow Film Festival and Official Selection and soon to be screened with MINT film festival.
The Clown (2019)
Film (short) by Inspirare Productions Director Screening in September, 2020, outdoor drive-in MLC film festival, Wisconsin. Semi-finalist Frostbite International Film Festival.
The Doctor's Last Day (2018)
Film (short) by Inspirare Productions (Animation) Writer/Director/Filmmaker A therapist tries to help four different friends who see him on the same day.
Cloistered Honey (2012)
Film by Inspirare Productions (Comedy and Romance) Director/Writer

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Awards

Official Selection, Animated Short, MLC Film Awards
(2020)
Official Selection, Animated Short, Mint Film Festival
(2020)
Official Selection, Animated Short, Piton International Film Festival
(2020)
Official Selection, Animated Short, Shropshire Rainbow Film Festival
(2020)
Semi-finalist Frostbite International Film Festival
(2020)
Official Selection Depth of Field Film Festival
(2020)
Official Selection, Hobnobben Film Festival
(2020)
Official Selection Women of the Lens Film Festival
(2020)
Finalist, Wholesome Film Festival
(2020)
Official Selection, Animated Short, Twin Falls Sandwich Film Festival
(2019)
Official Selection, Animated Short, Film Girl Film Festival
(2019)
Nominated for best writing in a Drama. Red Dirt Film Festival.
(2013)
Official selection, Eugene International Film Festival
(2013)
Official selection, Red Dirt International Film Festival
(2013)
Winner, Best Screenplay, Feature, Eugene Film Festival
(2013)
Official selection, Spirit Enlightened Film Festival, (Cultureunplugged.com)
(2013)