A Fish, A Monkey and an Actress/Producer named Desiree Staples - Ep #9

This episode writes itself!  Actress/Producer Desiree Staples is a charming guest with great stories and incredibly valuable information about the business of producing feature films and networking your way through the film festival circuit to great success.

Desiree Staples is a seasoned producer, filmmaker, and actress multi-hyphenate, experienced in both short-form and feature film content. Circus Person, Produced by Staples, premiered at Tribeca N.O.W.'s 2020 showcase, and also was one of the selected films in YouTube's We Are One: A Global Film Festival, as well as winning the audience award for best episodic pilot at Nashville Film Festival.  Staples' Produced and acted in the feature filmTake Me To Tarzanadistributed by Gravitas Ventures in 2021 which stars Jonathan Bennett, Maria Conchita Alonso, Samantha Robinson, Andrew Creer, Oliver Cooper, and more. Take Me To Tarzana also won a Golden Remi Award at the Houston Worldfest Film Festival. 

Staples' dramedy pilot It's What She Would Have Wanted was selected and shown at LA Shorts, Mill Valley Film Festival, Catalyst Content, and St. Louis International Film Festival. Staples' comedy pilot The Influencers, that she co-created, stars in, and produced won the Audience Award for Comedy Short form content at the Reel Independent Film Festival in Hollywood, and has been selected in over 20 other festivals in the US and Internationally (including Santa Monica Webfest - Best Ensemble Cast - Winner). Staples' also Produced and acts in the Web-Series Stupid Cupid, that was one of the projects supported by NYC Media/NYC Life, and was distributed in 2021 by DunnVision. 

Desiree is a proud member of SAG-AFTRA,  Women in Film, the co-creator of the Female Filmmakers Forum on Clubhouse, and is the Co-President of Northwestern University's Entertainment Alliance - NUEA West, and a proud Alum.