Catriona Rubenis-Stevens is a multi-award-winning director and producer and was part of the team that went to the 93rd Academy Awards with the Oscar nominated live action short; Feeling Through. Born and raised in a small town in the UK, she moved to NYC in her early 20s to study at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and soon learned her passions lay behind the camera, turning her attention to directing and producing.
She has directed several award-winning short films for the Easterseals’ Disability Film
Challenge that have screened across America at top tier festivals including Slamdance,
Hollyshorts and Heartland. Her film e.ro.sion, noun screened at over 20 festivals worldwide
receiving numerous wins and nominations including Best Director and Best Film. She is
currently now on the festival circuit again with her short veteran suicide awareness film, The One They Wanted and her disability magic realism short, Andy & Kaliope.
Every Halloween Catriona also directs and produces the Zombie Opera experiential concert in her hometown bringing international opera singers together with an orchestra for one night, attracting audiences of over 4000 people. Catriona is also an established theater director in New York and New Jersey, directing shows including Allerleirauh, The Wizard of Oz, Cats, Oklahoma!, Anything Goes, Hairspray, Into The Woods and Spring Awakening. Outside of her own filmmaking career, Catriona serves as a mentor for jHRTS members and Reel Works as well teens and kids as they begin their journey into the world of film.