Biography

Courtney Baxter is an award winning filmmaker with 20 years experience in the film industry. She began acting professionally at age 11 working in the commercial space, acting in over a dozen national campaigns before entering high school. After realizing her interest in the filmmaking process, Courtney began producing independent films at the age of 16. Several of the films won many film festival awards and two were later sold and distributed. After winning Best Actress at 30 Under 30 Film Festival in 2015 for one of the films, she went on to become the President of the festival. Courtney also graduated early from Pace University in 2015 after earning degrees in Film & Screen Studies, and Economics in three years.

Courtney also cultivated her experiences as an actress in films such as "Sharknado 2" and "Night Has Settled" to grow as a filmmaker. In 2017, Courtney directed a short documentary for the United Nations and partnered with UN Women on a short film festival during CSW Week at the UN Headquarters in New York. In 2018, Courtney co-wrote and co-directed the Ecuadorian short film, Ruta Viva. Her debut garnered the win at the HBO Latino Film Festival and was later purchased by HBO. The short comedy also gained international recognition when it won The Guayaquil International Film Festival in the same year. Additionally, Courtney worked as the in-house director and producer for Brewer Media, an entertainment company founded and partnered with NFL players. Courtney elevated the company performance by directing short films, commercials, music videos, short documentaries, and event production for the company.

In 2019 Courtney was hired by Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas to work with her at Nuyorican in producing projects with Jennifer Lopez. Her first project with the Company wrapped just before COVID began and the industry had to adapt to working during a pandemic. Courtney has produced projects in many different cities, states and countries; she has been a leader in navigating complex working strategies developed during the complicated era. Throughout all of the unusual film conditions for much of the last 5 years, Courtney has continued to work with amazing, multi talented teams producing incredible films, documentaries and musical features. The career Courtney has pursued alongside industry leading producers, writers, artists, professional cast and crew and studios has elevated Courtney's skills as a Producer in the industry she has embraced for two decades.
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