Ebony Blanding
Ebony Blanding is a writer and director shaped by the South, exploring the complexities and possibilities of Blackness and female relationships through narrative, experimental, and documentary film.
Blanding has helmed branded content for Rolling Stone, directed documentaries for major artists, and created multiple award-winning short films, including Levitate Levitate Levitate, which streamed at Atlanta International Airport.
A co-founder of the art film house House of June, Blanding has shared her work at institutions including Spelman College, Emory University, and Johns Hopkins University. Her films have screened at festivals such as SXSW, Cape Town International Film Festival, and Atlanta Film Society.
Her award-winning debut feature film, A Mess of Memories, a family drama about the weight of things and the memories we carry, was developed during her time as Trilith Institute’s first Emerging Creative in Residence and is the first feature produced with Trilith Institute.
She is an alumna of the 2021 Blackmagic Collective Future Directors of Studio Features Fellowship and the Atlanta Film Society’s 2017–2019 Filmmaker-in-Residence Program. Across mediums, Blanding’s work continues to explore Black womanhood and spirituality through a vibrant, fantastical lens.
