Of Chinese, German and Mexican heritage, Myra Sito Velasquez was born and raised in Tokyo. A graduate of Sarah Lawrence College, she has worked as literary advisor to The American Place Theatre,  production co-ordinator for major Japanese TV networks and is also a free lance script consultant.  Her feature length screenplays include “DIANA” and the action comedy “KUNG FU GRANNY”. Most recently, Myra wrote/directed/produced the short film MOTHER’S BLOOD, winner of the Lawrence Kasdan Best Narrative Film Award at Ann Arbor Intl Film Festival, Grand Prize Best Film Chicks with Flicks 2002, Best Actress Award (Nina Zoie Lam). “MOTHER’S BLOOD” has screened at festivals across the country and abroad and continues to tour with Women In the Director’s Chair National Tour New Asian Films Program.  In The Independent Film & Video Monthly, WIDC recently wrote, ” ..It’s obvious that great work continues to be created and exhibited by a wide range of women directors, from Faye Dunaway to Miranda July to Myra
Sito Velasquez.”
Along with working towards bringing “DIANA” to the screen, Myra is designing a new short film “THE NANKING TRIPTYCH” as well as collaborating on a feature length screenplay with award winning filmmaker Ruth Sergel and in pre-production for the short film version of KUNG FU GRANNY with fellow workshop member, John Kim, as co-producer.
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