Mirta Desir is a writer, director and producer, who is the recipient of multiple prestigious grants and awards for her craft, including the coveted Lynn Shelton Grant. Her latest short film, JEAN & I, was awarded the Directors Guild of America (DGA) Grand Prize for the East Coast.
Her manuscript, SAVING JUDE, also won the Penguin Random House Publishing / WNDB grant.
Mirta holds a BA and a BS from Syracuse University, a Juris Doctor from Loyola University and an MFA in Directing from the Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema at Brooklyn College.
Mirta is obsessed with stories about the layered struggles within the human spirit. She recently wrapped production on her debut feature film, ANGIE.
She can be found on Instagram: @mirtadesir