Myrta Vida

Myrta Vida

(She/Her)
Writer, Filmmaker, Producer, Script Doctor
Writer, Filmmaker, Producer, Script Doctor
Full Bio
Born & raised in Puerto Rico, Myrta Vida is a decorated Army Veteran. She earned her MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Missouri –St. Louis (UMSL).

Ms. Vida is also a graduate of the New York Film Academy's (NYFA) Conservatory in Screenwriting, and is a Third World Newsreel (TWN) Fellow.

She's a Story Consultant and Script Doctor for Independent Filmmakers both in the U.S. and abroad.
Industry Awards
Writer | Producer | Director | Independent FilmmakerWriter | Producer | Director | Independent Filmmaker
‘Battle Buddies’, Short Screenplay
-2024 PAGE International Screenwriting Awards, Quarter-FINALIST
-2024 Hollywood International Diversity Film Festival, WINNER Best Short Screenplay

‘Code-Switched’, Short Film (2024), Writer, Director, Producer
-2024 Independent Shorts Awards, FINALIST
-2024 International Indie Film & Screenplay Festival, NOMINEE

‘Ellie, Mom & Me’, Independent Theatrical Production (2024), Producer
-2024 New York Theater Festival, Official Selection

‘What The Boy Couldn’t Say', Feature Screenplay
-2021 Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting 2021, TOP 10%

‘Second Responders', Documentary Short (2021), Writer, Producer
-2023 NYWIFT Film Festival, WINNER, Best Short Documentary
-2021 Diversity in Cannes, NOMINEE, Best Short Documentary
-2021 HBO Official Latino Film Festival, NOMINEE, Best Short Documentary
-2021 Awarded Merit Grant by Dr. Abigail Dis
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