IS AN NYC-BASED
HORROR FILM PRODUCTION COMPANY
OUR FILMS OFFER NEW PERSPECTIVES THROUGH CHARACTER-DRIVEN NARRATIVES TO ILLUMINATE THE FULL SCOPE OF OUR SHARED HUMANITY
ABOUT US
MAREN LAVELLE is a director, producer, and writer that works on character-driven material, especially with a focus on women and queer-centric stories. The "Actor's Director", Maren's background in acting provides her with the skills to encourage nuanced and complex performances. In 2022, she was selected as one of Shoot Online 2022 New Directors of the Year, having her work screened at the DGA Theatre in NYC. Through One-Eyed Rabbit, Maren has directed the award-winning films WENDY (Best Short / New York City Indie Theatre Film Festival), KEEPER (Best Drama Film / Blackbird Film Festival), and MAYA (Best Writer of a Short / Chain Film Festival). Maren directed and co-wrote One-Eyed Rabbit’s upcoming psychological horror film, CLIFTON PARK, an intersection of theatre and cults, slated for a late 2025 premiere. Maren also directed COMING OUT POLYAMOROUS FOR THANKSGIVING which is slated for a November 2025 release, and produced the feature film THE CONSPIRACISTS, currently in post-production.
Maren graduated from Pace University with a B.F.A in Acting. She transitioned from acting to playwriting with her plays premiering in various Off-Broadway venues in NYC: Composition of a Woman (Westside Theatre, 440 Layfayette Studios), The Holding Room (The Sheen Center). Maren was an original member of the Jose Rivera Writers Group. Website: marenlavelle.com
MATT STEINER is an actor, writer, and educator originally from Sacramento, California. Off-Broadway/US Tours: Jane Eyre, The Three Musketeers, Macbeth (The Acting Company). Regional: Indian Blood (Studio Arena), Tartuffe (Two River) Television: Homicide City: Charlottesville, Village of the Damned, Pandora's Box, Redrum. Film: Above the Shadows (starring Megan Fox), Bizzy and the AIMEs. Matt also co-wrote, directed, and starred in the short horror comedy The Thing I Never Told You. From 2012-2017, Matt served as the Co-Artistic Director of The Representatives, an NYC-based, site-specific theater company, producing and starring in over 15+ original productions including Veritas (NY Fringe, Cave @ St. George's) and Private Manning Goes to Washington (Edinburgh Fringe, The Studio @ 345). Matt trained as a clown in Europe with master clown teacher Pierre Byland, in NYC with Jane Nichols and Chris Bayes, and holds a BFA from CalArts. Matt is a Lead Teaching Artist at Lincoln Center Education and was a 2018 Hermitage Artist Retreat Fellow.
Website: themarvelousmrmatt.com
Congratulations to Abel Connors and his short film script “Roots” for being the winner of our
2024 Black Screenwriters Grant!
Roots
Drawing inspiration from the writer’s experience as an adoptee and his love of coming-of-age dramedies, “Roots” explores themes of family and identity through a lens that is both deeply personal and universally relatable.
Abel Connors is an emerging Ethiopian-Australian filmmaker whose work combines heartfelt narratives with sharp comedic undertones. Based in Melbourne, Australia, where he studies Film & TV at Swinburne University of Technology, and currently interning in New York, Abel continues to develop his craft, blending cultural influences with a unique voice that resonates across audiences.
One-Eyed Rabbit's annual Black Screenwriters Grant was established to amplify Black voices, create a bridge between Black writers and more funding opportunities, and to increase representation within the film & television industry.
Each year a $500 micro-grant is awarded to a Black screenwriter to aid them in submitting their screenplay to larger screenwriting competitions and/or furthering their writing career in whatever way they choose.
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