Victoria Rivera(I)

Victoria Rivera is a Colombian-American screenwriter and film director based in New York. Victoria's award-winning short films have screened at festivals including Telluride Film Festival, Tribeca Film Festival, FICCI, Bogoshorts, and Palm Springs Shortfest, where she was awarded Best Student Short for her film Night Swim in 2019. A graduate of Columbia University's Film MFA program, Victoria was named one of 25 New Faces of Independent Film by Filmmaker Magazine in 2020. Her feature script 'Malpelo', a Nicholl Fellowship Semi-Finalist, is in development with generous support from the Sloan Foundation, Sundance Institute, Gotham, CineQuaNon Lab, and Film Independent through their Screenwriting Lab, Directing Lab, and Fast-Track Market. In 2023 Victoria participated in Film Independent's Episodic Directing Intensive. She is a member of the Director's Guild of America.