CHELSEA GONZALEZ was named Most Powerful Voice by Blackbird film festival for her first short film SUSANNE AND THE MAN – a title that defines the work she hopes to create. She recently won Dances with Films Best Pilot award for LEGIT MARRIED, a series she directed. Her films have been Official Selections at over 100 film festivals around the globe including Cinequest, Sarasota, and Academy Award qualifying DeadCenter Film Festival.
In most recent news, Chelsea is one of 8 fellows chosen for the Inaugural Blumhouse & K period Media Horror Screamwriting Fellowship, formally supported by Sundance. There, she is developing her feature film WOMEN IN JEOPARDY, a horror comedy about three women who are trapped inside horror films, trying to escape.
Chelsea’s love of filmmaking began on the other side of the camera. Most recently, Franka Potente – famous to American audiences as the title character in RUN LOLA RUN – selected Chelsea to appear in her feature film HOME starring Kathy Bates. She can be seen on television in THE MINDY PROJECT, CRIMINAL MINDS, CASTLE and THE JINX. She also had the honor of being chained to a stone slab and tortured in the Universal/Blumhouse feature OUIJA: ORIGIN OF EVIL. Chelsea has been murdered on screen 7 times and hopes for many more in her future -but she particularly enjoys playing characters who are alive.
Chelsea creates work that takes a hard look at the darkest parts of ourselves and our society, while still cultivating light, laughter, and heart. She is a graduate of Syracuse University, lives in Los Angeles, and is represented by A24’s management company, 2AM.
*Click here for her advice column on ‘5 Things I Wish I Knew When Making My First Short Film.’