Abigail Zealey Bess

Teaches at Actors Connection New York

Abigail Zealey Bess hails from London and has worked extensively in New York's film and theatre community as a director, independent filmmaker, producer and writer. She has been directing theatre, specializing in new work since she arrived on these shores and established Weird Sisters, www.weirdsistersfilms.com, as a theatrical entity in 1997. Under the auspices of her company she has developed many projects in collaboration with both established playwrights and new writers emerging on the New York scene. She subsequently directed and produced her debut film, the award winning baseball trilogy, Play Ball!, which screened at festivals in the USA and all over the world including the Berlin Film Festival. In addition to winning Best Film at seven USA festivals, she was awarded 1st Prize for best short film by woman director at the LA Women In Film Competition. As a long-standing member of the Ensemble Studio Theatre based in New York, one of the leading developmental theatres of new plays in the USA, she has directed and produced numerous new works.