Laura Dorn – Curriculum Vitae

116 Biddulph Mansions Phone: +44(0)7999 210212 Elgin Avenue Website: www.lauradorn.com , W9 1HU Email: [email protected]

Place of Birth: Munich, Germany Nationality: German-Italian

Languages:

German: Mother tongue Italian: Mother tongue French: Fluent English: Fluent Spanish: B1 (Instituto Cervantes DELE Examination, 2011) Ability to follow a conversation and read Portuguese and Dutch. Currently studying Japanese and Swedish

Experience:

Ohmuthis Welt Synchron January 2020- Translator (freelance)

Experimentorium (Film and Production Company) June 2017- Co-founder, co-artistic director

Photographer, Editor, Colourist and Videographer August 2015- Freelance

Full list of directing and photography works below.

Training and Education:

Intimacy Directors International UK (IDIUK) June 2019 Intimacy Tools for Directors (workshop)

Royal Opera House and December 2018 Directing Opera (workshop) Young Vic December 2018 Meisner Technique for Directors (workshop)

Told by an Idiot July 2018 The Director’s Role in the Devising Process (workshop)

Royal Academy of Dramatic Art & Birkbeck College, University of London 2016-2017 MA Text and Performance (completed with Merit overall, Distinction for dissertation)

Royal Central School of Speech and Drama January-March 2016 Directing Course

MetFilm School, London August 2015 Film Directing Course

New York Film Academy, New York August 2014 Acting for Film Course

University of Sussex, Brighton 2013-2016 BA Art History & Film Studies (joint honours), (2:1 overall, First for Art History dissertation)

Lycée Jean Renoir, Munich 1999-2013 French Baccalauréat (literary section), 14.05/20 and German Abitur, 2.0

1 Awards and Accolades:

My Name’s Macbeth (Feature Script): Represented by Lift-Off Global Network at the Marché du Film in Cannes (2020) and at the American Film Market (2020). Winner of 10 Best Screenplay Awards, full list of official selections available on request.

The Engagement: Winner: Off Com Commendation (2019)

Fragments: Winner (Award of Recognition): Best Shorts Competition 2019 (Best Experimental Short and Best Woman Filmmaker) Winner (Award of Recognition): IndieFEST Film Awards 2019 (Best Experimental and Best Woman Filmmaker) Winner (Award of Recognition): Acolade Film Competition 2019 (Best Experimental, Best Short and Best Woman Filmmaker) Winner (Special Mention): Global Shorts 2019 (Best Short Film) Winner (Honourable Mention): Vegas Movie Awards 2019 (Best Original Score) Winner: WRPN – International Women’s Festival 2019 (Best Direction and Best Soundtrack [Award of Exceptional Merit], Best Loose Shorts and Best Zero Budget Shorts [Award of Merit]) Finalist: Oaxaca Film Festival 2019 (New Industry Competition)

Questioni Europee (European Questions): Long-listed for the Biennale di Venezia Theatre Competition 2019.

Skills and Interests:

Computer Skills: Ability to work with Ms Word, Ms PowerPoint, Ms Excel, Final Cut Pro, Final Draft 9, Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe InDesign. Basic knowledge in Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, After Effects and Audition. Web design. Other skills and interests: Classical piano (22 years, private lessons for 14 years), acoustic guitar (5 years), singing (alto), relative pitch. Dramaturgy, opera, multimedia presentations in theatre and opera, dance (ballet, modern, hip-hop), producing, literature, architecture, art history, art curation. Basic training in unarmed stage combat and Elizabethan rapier. Tennis, skiing, boxing, golf. Driver’s license.

References as well as directing and photography portfolios available on request.

2 Theatre/Opera/Musical:

Questioni Europee (European Questions) in development Director, producer (Experimentorium)

Make Your Fortune (part of The Scene, Chiswick Playhouse) January 2020 Director

Freedom (part of The Scene, Chiswick Playhouse) January 2020 Director

The Engagement by James A. Allen (Bread and Roses Theatre) November 2019 Director, producer (Experimentorium)

Siege Warfare in the Age of Park Benches by Niall Urquhart September 2019 Director (part of The Platform, Chapel Playhouse)

Suspended by a Sunbeam by Luke McCabe (Pleasance Theatre) May 2019 Director

Last First (part of The Platform, Bread and Roses Theatre) May 2019 Director

La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi () January 2019 Directing Observership

Room Service (part of The Platform, Bread and Roses Theatre) November 2018 Director

The Enemies (Clapham Fringe, Bread and Roses Theatre) October 2018 Director, Producer (Experimentorium)

London Screenwriter’s Festival September 2018 Director for table reads and rehearsed readings

Meiwes/Brandes (RADA, Actors Centre, RADA Festival) April 2017 Co-Director, Co-Writer, Performer Performed as part of the John Thaw Initiative at the Actors Centre May 2018 Performed at RADA Festival July 2018

#PlayList (Kings Head Theatre) March 2018 Murder in the Red Barn (Fleur de Wit/Tom Waits) Daddy Dear (Rachel Skyer/Cyndi Lauper) Director (with WoLab)

Salomé, by Oscar Wilde () March 2018 Director (with KDC Theatre) (Experimentorium)

My Name’s Macbeth (RADA, Thesis Presentation) July 2017 Director, Adaptation (from Macbeth) (Experimentorium)

Film/TV:

My Name’s Macbeth (Film) upcoming Director, Editor, Producer (Experimentorium)

Inside Her Walls (Short Film) December 2020 Director, Producer, Editor (Experimentorium)

Anxious (Short Film) October 2020 Director

La Chaise Dans La Lune (Short Film) August 2019 Director, Editor

3 Fragments (Short Film, part of a performance) January 2018 Director, Editor, Co-producer, Soundtrack (Experimentorium) Premiered at the Actors Centre as part of the John Thaw Initiative May 2018 Performed at RADA as entire performance July 2018

12 Minutes to 5 (Short Film) May 2017 Director, Writer, Producer, Editor, Director of Photography

Saturday (Short Film as part of MetFilm Course) August 2015 Director, Writer, Editor

Photography and Videography:

Chyna (Crypt, Vaults Festival) March 2020 Filmed live show

Hungerland (Bread and Roses Theatre) October 2019 Rehearsal Photographer and Promotional Content

Lady and the Cramp (Vagina Museum) October 2019 Filmed and photographed live performance

Nor Woman Neither (Tristan Bates Theatre) October 2019 Rehearsal Photography and Promotional Content

La Chaise Dans La Lune (Short Film) August 2019 Stills Photographer

Herstory (Edinburgh Previews, Camden People’s Theatre) July 2019 Rehearsal Photographer

Much Ado About Not(h)ing (Cockpit Theatre) June 2019 Rehearsal Photographer and Promotional Content

The Platform (Bread & Roses Theatre) May 2019 Rehearsal Photographer

Plug-In (Canal Café Theatre) March 2019 Rehearsal Photographer

The Platform (Bread & Roses Theatre) November 2018 Rehearsal Photographer

Gateways Summer 2018 (Hosted by Redgates Theatre) August 2018 Rehearsal Photographer

Dominion (RADA Festival, , RADA) July 2018 Filmed and edited live performance

Jay () October 2017 Rehearsal Photographer

On Having No Head () October 2017 Filmed and edited live performance

Myth Independent (Bloomsbury Theatre) October 2017 Filmed and edited live performance

Nora (Camden Fringe, Lion and ) July-August 2016 Rehearsal Photographer, Trailer Editor, filmed and edited live performance

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