Director, Producer

Michelle West

Michelle is a Los Angeles-based narrative director of women-centered stories that offer a perspective of hope. Her films are emotionally challenging, opening the door to internal struggles that people tend to keep locked up, drawing audiences into layered portrayals of self-discovery, connection, and radical honesty. An activist through her art, she often quotes Dr. César A. Cruz: “Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.” In addition to Lesbophilia winning multiple awards on the festival circuit, her latest short drama, Lineage, based on a true story about three generations of women and their experience with abortion during the Great Depression, hits the festival circuit in 2025. With over 17 years in entertainment, Michelle has experience as a producer, assistant director, and actor; is a graduate of the UCLA TFT Program for Acting; is a member of the DGA; and teaches at the Semester in LA program for Columbia College Chicago.

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Writer, Producer

Tennessee Martin

Tennessee Martin is a Southern screenwriter who studied Digital Film & Visual Art at Stephens College. She has worked on hit shows such as Lucifer on FOX, Training Day for CBS, and Family Crimes for Starz, where she also spearheaded the creation of the “Starz – Beyond Gender Casting Database.” Now, she is the Manager of Scripted Series at Legendary TV. Tennessee co-founded the LadyParts Collective, an all-female theater company, and her first macabre short film, Hangry, has won multiple awards on the festival circuit. Being selected for the Starz #TakeTheLead Writing Intensive has further inspired her to encourage other women and queer people to speak up and push back. Tennessee is represented by Stagecoach Entertainment.

Editor, Producer

Wilbur DiTullio

Wilbur DiTullio is an Emmy-nominated editor and producer based in Los Angeles. Their background in editorial ranges from broadcast television to feature film, with credits including CONAN, Sesame Street, and Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. They were a 2021 Film Independent Producing Lab Fellow, and are currently in development with a feature length folk horror set in the mountains of Greece. Lesbophilia is their second collaboration with producer and writer Tennessee Martin.