Bessy Adut is a Turkish-American filmmaker based in Los Angeles. She’s the project manager of Vyre Network as well as an independent, freelance writer/director/producer and a social media influencer/talent. She is the head of screenplay and jury of the restarting LA Bizarre Film Festival. Bessy is a after film school survivor in LA as an international filmmaker, underrepresented not belonging to a certain popular diverse group. She continues to make her projects & hustle. 

WRITER/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER 

FICTION: 

  • Escape Room – horror short film Tolerance – dramedy short film 
  • Tolerance – dramedy short film 
  • Mutlucu – drama 
  • Strange Little Girl – drama short 
  • Father Chaos – fantasy 
  • Forbidden Door – horror/thriller short 

NON-FICTION: 

  • Searching for Goodness – documentary series to be made into a feature film
  • YouToo – social movement episodic series 
  • Inside the Lens – TV documentary series about photojournalists 
  • Mysteries of Cinema – TV documentary about VFX and SFX in Hollywood movies 
  • Other Stories – International documentary Series 

PRODUCTION COORDINATOR and/or 1ST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: 

  • Storage – Short Film premier at LA SHORTS Oscar Qualifying festival 
  • The Dissident – Feature Documentary Film BAFTA winner, premiered at Sundance 
  • Icarus II – Feature Documentary Film’s Sequel of Academy Award Winning film 
  • Tinker – Feature Film 
  • Voyager – Short Film 

COMMERCIALS: 

  • Bakkal app
  • Turkish Airlines 
  • Total Gas 
  • BMW 
  • Adidas 

AFFILIATIONS: 

  • Queen Bee’s Agents – Founder/Director (work in progress 2022-Present) 
  • Queen B. Film Hive, LLC – Owner/Founder (previously 2015-2020)
  • International Documentary Association – Professional Filmmaker Member 
  • Women in Media – Member 
  • Alliance of Women Directors – Member 

PAST OTHER

  • Executive Assistant at DreamWorks Animation 
  • Production Assistant at Amazon series 
  • Production Assistant at New Films International 
  • Production Assistant at Waterproof Films 
  • Production Assistant at McClure Films 

EDUCATION

CalArts – MFA – Film Directing, Film/Video (as a Fulbright Exchange Scholar) 

Istanbul Bilgi University – Film & Television, Communications 

Pera Fine Arts School – Painting and Drawing 

WORKSHOPS 

UCLA Professional Screenwriting Program 

WoMentoring Program Alumni at Jewish federation of Los Angeles