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