Lucy Mulloy is a New York-based screenwriter and film director. She has been nominated for the Student Academy Award. In 2010 Mulloy was awarded the Tribeca Film Festival Emerging Narrative Talent Award and in 2012 was awarded the Tribeca Film Festival Best Director Award.

Biography

Her first year short film, while studying at Tisch, This Morning received a Student Academy Award Nomination.

Mulloy spent years in Havana researching for her first feature Una Noche.

Whilst in Cuba Mulloy's story developed as she searched for young untrained talent to take the lead roles. In April 2010, with Una Noche in production, Mulloy was awarded the Creative Promise Emerging Narrative Award at Tribeca Film Festival. Mulloy is mentored by Spike Lee and in January 2010 won the Spike Lee Production Grant Award for Una Noche. Winner 2010 Adrienne Shelly Foundation /IFP Directors grant, Winner 2011 Euphoria Calvin Klein Spotlight on Women Filmmakers’ ‘Live The Dream’ post production grant at the Gotham Film Awards.

Una Noche premiered at the 2012 Berlin International Film Festival. It went on to scoop the majority of awards at its US premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival including Best Director, Best Actor and Best Cinametography.

The film was met with huge critical acclaim:


"It's safe to say that Lucy Mulloy was born to make films.