With sharp writing, masterful direction, and performances that leave a lasting impact, Wooten's film creates a space for reflection on the complexities of morality, identity, and personal responsibility.

Kameishia Wooten is an award-winning filmmaker, writer, and director committed to telling bold, inclusive, and socially impactful stories that entertain, inspire, and challenge perspectives. She has written and directed seven short films, including Choices, her Oscar-qualified short that has sparked dialogue and touched audiences at over 50 film festivals and impact screenings across six countries and four continents.

Her work has received numerous accolades, including Best Short Film at Roadmaps Shorts Competition, the Audience Award during Black Women Cinema Week, Best Cast at Diversity at Cannes and Bridgeport Film Festival, and Honorary Awards for Social Impact Filmmaking from Activist Without Borders (UK) and Black Cinema Berlin. Choices was selected for the inaugural WIF/Google Shorts Lab and has screened at HollyShorts, Chicago International Children’s Film Festival, Emerging Cannes, and Diversity in Cannes, among others.

Kameishia’s feature screenplay, Your Secret Is Safe With Me, recently received NFMLA’s New Narratives Grant, was a semifinalist for the Academy Gold Fellowship for Women, and a finalist for the Sundance Impact Residency. Her feature screenplay Destiny’s Road, was selected for the Sundance Financing Intensive and named a finalist for the Stowe Story Lab. The proof-of-concept version of this screenplay has screened at over 20 film festivals, earning awards and critical acclaim.

Her talent and dedication have been recognized through prestigious fellowships, including the WIF Directing Fellowship and the Ryan Murphy Half Initiative Directing Fellowship. She was also selected for the Sundance Financing Intensive, further advancing her ability to bring compelling, underrepresented stories to the screen.

Kameishia earned her MFA in Directing from Columbia College Chicago and BA from UNC Chapel Hill. Her career has taken her through Disney, Paramount, and Netflix, where she currently serves as a business affairs executive on the Animation Series team, a role that deepens her understanding of the industry while supporting her work as a filmmaker.

A proud multi-generational African American storyteller with Southern roots, Kameishia’s work is known for its rich character-driven narratives, humor, drama, and adventure. As the eldest of three siblings and the first in her family to pursue a filmmaking career, she infuses her personal journey into every story she tells.

Her mission as a filmmaker? To create stories that celebrate culture, inclusivity, and community, leaving a lasting impact, one film at a time.