DIRECTOR Veronica DiPippo

An award-winning filmmaker, director and writer, Veronica has directed numerous original works for theatre including Sins of the Father at The Met Theatre, Los Angeles, Off-the-Wall at the Writers Theatre, New York, and Roaring Girls at Musical Theatre Works, New York, as well as classics such as August Wilson’s Fences. As a playwright, over thirty productions of her plays and one-acts have been produced at theatres across the country.  Her newest play Lulu’s Last Stand is set to premiere at Theatre 40 in Los Angeles in October, 2010.  

Veronica’s “karmic komedy” short film Dandelion Dharma won the coveted Audience Award for Best Live Action Short at the 2009 Palm Springs International ShortFest, considered to be one of the top five festivals for short films in the world.  Veronica also won a Best Director award for the film at San Francisco Women’s Film Festival.  After screening at festivals across the country, Dharma was recently acquired for international distribution by Shorts International. 

As a screenwriter, she has worked with studios and independents including Disney Feature, DisneyToons, Four Moons, Basic Films U.K., Bullet Heart, Exile Productions and her own production company, Crunch Entertainment.  Projects currently in packaging include her screenplay Sonnet and her horror film Crimson Lake.  

Veronica began her career as an actor with John Strasberg’s Mirror Repertory Company in New York City where she also studied acting with fellow company member Geraldine Page.  She is a graduate of The Drama Studio, London at Berkeley and SUNY where she holds a degree in writing for film and television.  She is a member of the Writers Guild, Women In Film, the Alliance of Women Directors and The Dramatists Guild.