Gabriela Lopez de Dennis

Gabriela López de Dennis was born and raised in Los Angeles to an artistic and musical family. She is an award-winning storyteller-writer, producer, director, video editor, actor, content creator, visual artist-that has specialized in creating for the arts, entertainment and music industry for over 20 years. Gabriela works with USC School of Pharmacy's production of health education foto-audio-visual novelas (English and Spanish), as freelance writer, graphic designer, video editor, director and animator. Recent projects include 'Rosa Out of Control' (broadcast on KLCS in spring of 2014) and 'Forgotten Memories' (broadcast on KLCS in spring/summer 2015), 'Gloria Takes the Leap' as lead writer, 'Infectious Rumors' as lead writer and co-director, 'Lucia's Llama Drama' as lead writer and co-director, and 'Jackie's Pain' as lead writer and director. She was also co-writer of the award-winning 10-episode educational web series 'Fixing Paco' starring Paul Rodriguez. She is co-writer and producer on the feature film 'Edith & Harvey.' As co-founder and C.E.O. of the production company Lone Stars Entertainment, she co-wrote the screenplay and was producer on the short film version of 'B.O.O.S.T.', an Official Selection of the 2016 Official Latino Short Film Festival (New York), 2016 Los Angeles CineFest, 2016 CineFestival (San Antonio) and 2015 Big Latino Cinema Festival (Los Angeles); and a producer and writer ('Where Did All The Color Go?' episode) on the award-winning '#HighlandPark' (Best Webisode & Best Actress in a Web Series at the 2017 Official Latino Short Film Festival, NY). PBS/WORLD Channel began airing Episode One: Jasmine of her award-winning documentary short 'Overcomers', and Episode Two: Myles has also been released. 'Overcomers' is an award-winning docu-series for the American Graduate initiative that she co-created and produced, made possible by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and NALIP. Gabriela was included in Remezcla's list of "10 Latino Filmmakers You Should Know." Her digital series 'Hoop Girls' and sci-fi short film 'Are You Still There?' are both based on her original stage plays, which she wrote, directed and produced, and are now available on her Lone Stars Entertainment channel.