Laura Holliday (she/they) is a filmmaker, screenwriter, and actor from West Virginia, based in LA. She has written and directed original content for Comedy Central and Funny or Die, and has trained in comedy performance and writing at The Second City Conservatory Hollywood and UCB LA. She was selected as a 2017 Sundance Ignite Fellow for her film "Persephone Goes Home,” which she wrote, directed and starred in. She directed the award winning dramatic short "Disfluency" and was a consulting producer on the adapted feature film version, which won the 2022 Austin Film Festival. She has a BFA in film production with an emphasis in directing from Art Center College of Design, where she graduated with honors, and has completed levels 1 and 2 of intimacy coordinator training with the IDC. She is a reader and script coverage writer for "Stage 32", and is passionate about creating a more equitable and inclusive entertainment industry, particularly for disabled and chronically ill creatives. Laura served as the Vice President of the alumni advisory board for "NFFTY," the National Film Festival for Talented Youth for seven years, and remains an alumni board member. She enjoys coffee, writing and playing music and walking around book stores.