About Me

Of Chinese, German and Mexican heritage, Myra Sito Velasquez is an award winning filmmaker and playwright based in NY. Her films have screened in numerous festivals across the country and abroad. Her debut film MOTHER’S BLOOD  was the winner of The Lawrence Kasdan Best Narrative Film Award, Grand Prize Chicks with Flicks, Women in the Director’s Chair National Tour among others. Her action comedy KUNG FU GRANNY was the recipient of Big Island Film Festival’s Golden Honu Best of the Fest Short Film Award, HIFF’s Gold Kahuna, BIFF’s Family Favorites with world wide distribution via Ouat! Media and Movieola. Myra’s feature screenplay DIANA is a Sundance Lab Finalist as well as Bluecat Award Winning Finalist. Her play THE ASTONISHING JOURNEY OF MABEL LI AND THE MYSTERIOUS WAYS OF LORD BA THA ZA is a Eugene O’Neill Playwrights Conference Finalist and part of Mu Theater’s New Eyes Festival.. Her staged reading of THE SOLDIER was co-produced by Asian American Film Lab. Myra has also served as literary advisor at American Place Theatre, IFP Script Consultant, a member of CIneWomenNY Screening Team. She has most recently completed her first radio podcast THE FORKS!  THE FORKS! is also a short screenplay and is a Big Apple Film Festival Best Short Screenplay Semi Finalist Fall ’21.