Natalia Iyudin

Writer/director Natalia Iyudin works with the themes of oppression and personal freedom, both in the narrative genres of sci-fi and horror, and her nonfiction work.

Her short films screened worldwide — most notably The Garden, starring Sophia Lillis (AdultsSharp Objects) — and in 2019, she made her directorial TV debut for the CW and Netflix with showrunner Vera Miao's "Two Sentence Horror Stories", starring Nicole Kang (Catwoman, Swallow) and Jim Parrack (True Blood).

Natalia developed multiple series including Girly, with Rashida Jones and Refinery29; directed for mental health campaigns around teen suicide and opioid crises; and on several projects for Toyota. She also co-created and directed We Got You, an award-winning digital series with Tariq “Black Thought” Trotter of The Roots. 

A graduate of the Directing Program at the Krzysztof Kieslowski School of Film & Television in her native Poland, Natalia is also a seasoned film and TV editor, and a programmer, and has worked with MTV, BET, PBS, Vogue, MoMA, Film Society of Lincoln Center, National Gallery of Arts, BAM, Sony Pictures Classics among others.

Format: Scripted Features, Scripted Episodic

Location: Los Angeles, California, United States, New York, New York, United States

Finalist, 2024 Holly Shorts Screenplay Competition, "Egg"