Director: Stephanie Calabrese

Biography: Filmmaker Stephanie Calabrese is an award-winning interdisciplinary artist with a focus on human stories and revealing moments. UNSPOKEN is her first documentary feature film, inspired in-part by her photographic documentary series “Hometown: A Documentary of Monroe, Georgia” that was featured on The New York Times LENS site and on Atlanta CBS45 News. Stephanie began her career as a freelance artist following her win of the “Name Your Dream Assignment” photography competition sponsored by Microsoft and Lenovo in 2008. She is the author of the best-selling “The Art of iPhoneography: A Guide to Mobile Creativity” published by Pixiq (a division of Sterling Press) and Ilex Press (now Octopus Press) and “Lens on Life: Documenting Your World Through Photography” published by Focal Press and Ilex Press (now Octopus). Both books have been translated into multiple languages and have been sold throughout the world. She is a past TEDx Talk speaker on “Building a Better World, One Picture at a Time.” Her documentary photography and writing has been featured in Time Lightbox, Forbes.com, LIFE.com, Digital Photo, Photo.net, Professional Photographer, and The Bitter Southerner. Stephanie has produced documentary photography, writing and video projects for clients including UPS, The Coca-Cola Company, CARE International, The Georgia Department of Family and Child Services, and Stacey Abrams 2019 Campaign for Governor of Georgia. She resides in Monroe, Georgia.