When romance novelist Kate Smith suddenly gets writer's block as she's beginning the final installment of her steamy, international bestselling series, she'll do anything to get her groove back. Like sneak into a Tire Depot waiting room because her words flow there just like complimentary coffee – smooth, sweet, and scorchingly hot. She manages to fly under the radar until the rugged and charming mechanic, Miles Hudson, notices her slinking in and out every day. But she's way too intriguing to blow the whistle on. Doing a test-drive of her new book idea sounds like a much better option.
Colleen is a feature film and multi-award-winning director, writer, producer and actor and a 2022 semi-finalist in the Shondaland/Seriesfest Directing Mentorship.
Upon graduating from Boston University, followed by a Sanford Meisner conservatory, Colleen began working in film and television on the production side, with such directors as Oliver Stone, Sydney Pollack and Brian DePalma, as well as in commercials/MV with M. Knight Shyamalan and Hype Williams, all the while developing her own content.
Her features can be seen on Tubi, Lifetime Movie Network (Bad Nanny) and Passionflix (Seduction & Snacks, 2021 and Wait With Me, 2023)
Honored by SHOOT Magazine at the DGA as a "Director to Watch", in 2020 she was the recipient of they New York Foundation of the Arts Grant "Anonymous Was a Woman" for her work in film and her films have received nominations and wins at over a dozen film festivals.
She has a letter of reference from Richard Crudo, ASC, former Governor of AMPAS, five time President of ASC, current member of Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
