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Sayla U'ilani Whalen

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  • Writer
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Sayla U'ilani Whalen
Creator of Waveland Entertainment LLC Festival de Cannes nominated filmmaker, Sayla U'ilani Whalen, has worked on over thirty projects (including shorts, music videos, documentaries, etc.) with nominations at festivals such as Long Beach Horror Festival and Monarch Film Festival. In 2023, she was hired in creative development at a high profile production company in Beverly Hills. As of 2024 she is the Executive Assistant to the Co-Creator of tv series "Quantum Leap", Deborah Pratt. Sayla is progressing in her career as a writer while working in multi-media across various platforms.
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    Known for

    First Comes Love (2025)
    First Comes Love
    Short
    • Director
    • 2025
    The Risen (2018)
    The Risen
    Short
    • Director(as Sarah Whalen)
    • 2018
    Before Everything Changes (2025)
    Before Everything Changes
    Short
    • Script and Continuity Department
    • 2025

    Credits

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    Script and Continuity Department

    • Midnight Hunter
      • script supervisor (as Sarah Whalen)
      • Post-production
      • Short
    • Dinner with the Hoffmans
      • script supervisor (as Sarah Whalen)
      • Post-production
      • Short
    • Before Everything Changes (2025)
      Before Everything Changes
      Short
      • script supervisor
      • 2025
    • Amanda Kang and Jackson Courtney in Love, or Lack-Thereof (2024)
      Love, or Lack-Thereof
      Short
      • script supervisor (as Sarah Whalen)
      • 2024
    • Tim Mollen, Sam Cass, Micheal Marcelio, Breck Cuddy, Annalee Autumn, Ray Buffer, and Mo Cordrey in Pickersville House of Talent (2023)
      Pickersville House of Talent
      Short
      • script supervisor (as Sarah Whalen)
      • 2023

    Director

    • Slava
      • Director (as Sarah Whalen)
      • Filming
      • Short
    • First Comes Love (2025)
      First Comes Love
      Short
      • Director
      • 2025
    • The Risen (2018)
      The Risen
      Short
      • Director
      • co-director (as Sarah Whalen, as Sarah Elizabeth Whalen)
      • 2018

    Writer

    • First Comes Love (2025)
      First Comes Love
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2025
    • The Risen (2018)
      The Risen
      Short
      • Writer (as Sarah Elizabeth Whalen)
      • 2018

    Personal details

    • Official sites
      • Innovation Tri-Valley Leadership Group Announces 2018 Dreammakers and Risktakers Award Recipients
      • Sayla is selected by Women in Media for their Developing Filmmaker Fellowship
    • Alternative names
      • Sarah Elizabeth Whalen

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      • Female
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    • Race / Ethnicity
      • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander

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