Deborah Attoinese

Deborah Atoinese is an award winning director, producer and writer. Her work has been shown on Netflix, CineMax and Showtime and includes: Hollywood Pictures, Tri-Star Pictures, Curb Entertainment, and Bill Kenwright Productions among others. Originally from New York, Deborah began her career as a self-taught fashion photographer. Her signature work has appeared in the pages of Conde Nast Publications, The Sunday New York Times, Details Magazine and more. She was selected by BackStage as one of NYC's fashion photographers to watch as they transitioned into directing, Her first short film; Running Out Of Grace quickly garnered the attention of Propoganda Films and Deborah relocated to Los Angeles where she wrote and directed her first full length feature film; Zoe with co-writer Amy Dawes. The film stars Jenny Seagrove & Vanessa Zima and was a film festival favorite screening throughout the USA and abroad including the: AFI, Palm Springs, Santa Barbara, Taos, and the Mar Del Plata Film Festivals. On Directing, Deborah's full length documentary was a labor of love which takes an in-depth look at the filmmakers journey of self-discovery from the point-of-view of "life-reflecting-art." It features iconic directors; Bille August, Roland Joffe, Agnes Varda and Wim Wenders. Scheduling was such an epic challenge on the film that each interview ended up being shot a year apart from the other. Deborah wrote, directed and produced her next film; Snail. A whimsical romantic comedy starring Brendan Hunt & Yvonne Zima, Snail premiered in Official Selection at the Palm Springs International Shortfest in 2014. It also screened at the Napa Valley and Mill Valley Film Festivals, and was awarded a San Francisco Film Award of Excellence and Short Film of the Month in the United Kingdom. 2016, Deborah's latest short film; Girl Knight stars two talented newcomers; Darla Lewis & Pilar Petropolous-White. The film was completed after a successful Kickstarter (Staff Pick) campaign which was also selected as an Indiewire Project of the week. Deborah is now in pre-production with an original mini-series titled; Concrete along with her new feature film; Always Safe. Forever passionate about world and environmental issues, Deborah donates her filmmaking skills to several causes including The Peace Project in Los Angeles for which she received a 2013 Inspiration Award!