Stefanie Kay Sparks is a writer, director & actor based in NYC. She has made 3 no-budget feature films in the last 10 years. She graduated from the New School where she earned an MA in Media and Film. She was granted a Jerome Foundation New York Filmmaker Grant for her debut feature, CATHY COPPOLA, which was nominated for the audience award at Brooklyn Girl Film Festival and Best in Show at the Female Eye Film Festival (Toronto). Stefanie's 2nd feature film the gross-out girl comedy IN CASE OF EMERGENCY won the audience choice award at Bushwick Film Festival after being selected as the opening night film. IN CASE OF EMERGENCY was the feature film debut of 2 DOPE QUEENS star and writer Phoebe Robinson. The film went on to win audience awards at Broad Humor, New Filmmakers and screened along side some of the top female directors in the world as part of Citizen Jane Film Festival. Her comedic web series SCREWED has screened at Citizen Jane Film Festival and UCB East. She has been a finalist for the Sundance Development Labs and the MOME & Winston Baker Finance Labs for her feature script RAT RACE. She received the New York Women’s Fund Grant for BLUEBERRY in March 2020. BLUEBERRY premiered at Sarasota Film Festival in May of 2021 in the Indie Visions Competition. BLUEBERRY was awarded a Special Jury Award for Performance and was the feature film debut of Aminah Nieves (1923).CATHY COPPOLA, IN CASE OF EMERGENCY and BLUEBERRY have been distributed by Leomark Entertainment and are available to stream on most platforms including Amazon and Tubi.