Gretchen Zufall

Gretchen Zufall is a Brooklyn filmmaker, originally from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She is the writer and director of the feature film, The Charmed Life of Fig Dauphine, which is out to film festivals in 2021. It has so far been accepted to five festivals, and is an award winner in four of them. The film was conceived while going home to New Orleans for the holidays. It was written on an iPhone while traveling to and from Manhattan on the NYC subway system. Gretchen co-wrote and published a book called Screen Kisses: Quotes of Love, Sex, and Romance from the Movies. She wrote and published a kid's e-book that reminds some of Stranger Things called, The Boogeyman from Planet Lackawanna. Gretchen wrote and directed the web series, Lulu Loves Brooklyn, which premiered at the Manhattan Film Festival, and was released in 2021. Gretchen is working on her second feature film, The Namesake, which will be filmed in New Orleans and Southern Louisiana.