Rebecca Eskreis

Rebecca Eskreis, whose work has screened at major film festivals around the world, is a recipient of the Sandra Adair/Empowering a Billion Women Grant for promising female filmmakers from the Austin Film Society, and a selected member of the Austin Film Society’s Artist Intensive in 2017. With select credits that include: WHAT BREAKS THE ICE (director, writer, producer), CLEARMIND, (director, set to premiere in 2024), as well as the SXSW-premiered INFINITY BABY (producer), Eskreis is also set to direct CLEO 2.0, a romantic comedy, in spring 2024. Mentored by the late Jonathan Demme, Eskreis previously worked as a producer at his company, Clinica Estetico, following stints at 72 Productions, Red Hour Films, and Di Novi Pictures (as the Creative Executive). Currently an Assistant Professor at the Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema at Brooklyn College, Eskreis holds a BA, Magna Cum Laude, from Barnard College at Columbia University, and an MFA from the USC School of Cinematic Arts.