Biography
Deb Shoval (MFA Film, Columbia University) was raised in a Pennsylvania coal town where she now owns an organic vegetable farm. Shoval's short film AWOL premiered at Sundance in 2011, winning awards from Kodak, Technicolor and Women in Film. Grants and fellowships include: Jerome Foundation, IFP, Frameline, FIND, US-in-Progress, TFI/IWC, and WIF/Tiffany's. She lives in NYC with her wife, educator and playwright Tala Manassah.
Tribeca Film Festival