Biography

Tessa Blake is an award-winning filmmaker and a prolific television director. Chosen as one of eight women for AFI's prestigious Directing Workshop for Women, Tessa's films have premiered at Cannes, Woodstock and SXSW, have won awards at Nantucket Film Festival and the Human Rights Watch Film Festival, have been honored by the Academy, and been released theatrically.

"Boundary Waters," a coming of age drama she wrote and directed starring Carol Kane, Bill Heck and Allison Miller, will be theatrically released in 2025.

As a writer, she has enjoyed script deals with ABC, NBC, FOX and Warner Brothers. Most recently, she is the creator/showrunner for a series set up with producers in Spain based on the book "Sisterhood of Spies: the Women of the OSS."

Tessa has directed plays for Naked Angels Theater Company and The Atlantic Theater Company, is a proud alumna of the 24 Hour Plays, and a founding advisor for The Moth.
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