Shanra J. Kehl is an award winning writer and director. After studying film and photography while downhill ski racing for Montana State University, Shanra graduated from Columbia College Chicago with a B.A. in Cinematography. She then moved to Los Angeles to intern under Phedon Papamichael and began a career shooting independent films, TV shows and documentaries. However, she soon realized she wanted to develop stories just as much as she wanted to shoot them. She began writing, and directed her first short film, MANSCAPING, a mockumentary that was picked up for distribution by Shorts International and caught the attention of Gillette Japan. Where she helped create an ad campaign in 2010. Recently, she made her feature directorial debut with THE MORNING AFTER, which has won over a dozen film festivals and was distributed by HBO East, and available on many platforms.