Courtney Hope Thérond is an award-winning screenwriter and director whose work features an unapologetically female gaze. She has screened films at dozens of festivals including BFI London, New Orleans, Atlanta, St Louis and Nashville. Her short Rehearsal, which tackles the grey areas of consent, premiered online on Short of the Week, received a Vimeo Staff Pick, and was featured in RogerEbert.com, Fast Company, and No Budge.
As a screenwriter, Courtney has twice been a finalist at Austin Film Festival. Her pilot Between Us Girls was a finalist in the Screencraft Pilot Launch, a semi-finalist (top 50) for the ISA Fast Track Fellowship, and won its category at Cinestory. She has also produced content for Warner Media, Amazon, NatGeo and Disney while a producer at Little Cinema, and has line produced four independent feature films.
Courtney is a graduate of NYU, Tisch School of the Arts, and was a Cinereach Film Fellow. She directs narrative and branded content wherever the story takes her.