- Phone
- Office: 516 458-3365
- IMDB Link
- http://www.imdb.com/name/nm9052680
Diana Foronda
(She/Her)
Director, Writer, EditorFull Bio
Diana Foronda is an award-winning filmmaker based on Long Island, NY. Throughout her years in the film industry, she worked as a Set PA for several short films, web series, and TV networks, including CBS, HGTV, and CNBC. Diana's films and scripts have been recognized worldwide (including academy-award qualifying) and won 10+ awards. Her award-winning horror/sci-fi short screenplay, CandyByte, about a haunted apple-shaped smart home device, is available on Amazon, Barnes&Noble, and Bookshop.org.
Outside of filmmaking, Diana has worked at a few film/photography companies, such as USDAN Summer Camp for the Arts, Left/Right Productions, Stag Post Services Inc, and Imagine Entertainment & Television - Documentaries. Currently, she's working as a production coordinator & partnerships at Chelsea Film Festival, editing Instagram reels/virtual workshop events at Pano (formerly NYCWF), writing her upcoming screenplay projects, and creating her Pleasantville-inspired iPhone short film, Normal Times. Additionally, sh
Outside of filmmaking, Diana has worked at a few film/photography companies, such as USDAN Summer Camp for the Arts, Left/Right Productions, Stag Post Services Inc, and Imagine Entertainment & Television - Documentaries. Currently, she's working as a production coordinator & partnerships at Chelsea Film Festival, editing Instagram reels/virtual workshop events at Pano (formerly NYCWF), writing her upcoming screenplay projects, and creating her Pleasantville-inspired iPhone short film, Normal Times. Additionally, sh
- Professional Credits
- Director:
- Normal Times (Post)
- Challah For Caroline (2020)
- Attachment (2017)
- Love Is On The Line (2014)
Writer:
- CandyByte (2022)
- Normal Times (Post)
- Challah For Caroline (2020)
- Chasing Love
- Attachment (2017)
Producer:
- Normal Times (Post)
- Challah For Caroline (2020)
- Callie (2019)
- Silent Life (2017)
- Company (2017)
- Attachment (2017)
Assistant Director:
- Single Man Problems (2018)
- Company (2017)
CCO:
- Loud & Longing (2022)
Cinematographer:
- Normal Times (post)
- romANTICS: the web series (2017)
- Attachment (2017)
- What We Know (2015)
- Love Is On The Line (2014)
2nd Assistant Camera/DIT:
- Tzadeikis (Holy Woman) (2018)
Sound Operator:
- Dickie K. (2019)
- Siri-Ous Business (2018)
- Dirty Laundry (2018)
Editor:
- Unlocked (2023)
- Thru 25 (2021)
- Pay It Forward in Death (2021)
- Challah For Caroline (2020)
- Attachment (2017
- Industry Awards
- CandyByte:
Finalist: Stafford Film Festival 2023
Finalist: California Women's Film Festival 2022
Finalist: Out of the Can International Film Festival 2022
Semi-Finalist: Film Fest LA @ LA Live 2022
Finalist: Las Vegas International Film & Screenwriting Festival 2022
Best Short Script, Diabolical Horror Film Festival 2022
Semi-Finalist: London International Screenwriting Competition 2022
Best Short Screenplay, Screaming Ostrich International Film Festival 2022
Quarter-Finalist: Boston Horror Comedy Film Festival 2022
Best Screenplay, Hollywood Blood Horror Festival 2022
Best Short Horror/Sci-Fi Screenplay, Silicon Beach Film Festival 2022
Best Sci-Fi Featurette Screenplay, Wallachia International Film Festival 2022
Honorable Mention: Screenplay, Top Shorts Film Festival 2022
Screenplay Contest Winner: Chicago Horror Film Festival 2022
Semi-Finalist: Festigious Film Festival 2022
Outstanding Achievement in Screenwriting (Short), Oil Valley Film Festival 2022
