https://www.deanawilliams.com/home-deana daily 1.0 2024-05-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fcff39b3ccee01c1bed8a84/5fc40a3a-188f-4e19-b9b8-67fb612a4157/IMG_6356.jpg HOME - BIO STORY Fade in. Imagine little Deana Williams, age 7, sitting in her mother’s dark room staring at the screen of a 25 inch floor console model television watching Friday the 13th. The sounds of siblings fighting, pots and pans clanking, and the vroom of the vacuum just outside the door. On the screen, the climax of the film. Deana screams in horror. Her worried mother rushes in. Suddenly, Deana’s fright turns into laughter. Her mother sighs as Deana begins to rewind the movie and start it all over again. That was me in elementary school when I told my mom I needed to make movies when I grow up. Inspired by every type of film but especially horror films, I was destined to be a moviemaker. I was in love with every aspect of moviemaking, and as a kid who lost her father at an early age and moved around a lot, movies helped me to escape, laugh, and learn. I decided to go to Miami Beach, not just to party but also to attend AI Miami International University of Art & Design where I studied filmmaking. There I found out that my skills were best suited for writing and producing. I even got an award for Outstanding Filmmaker in my class. Once I graduated with my Bachelor’s degree in 2003, I worked as a manager for a notable movie theater on South Beach. There I worked closely with many film festivals and watch all the movies my little heart desired. Next, I worked at Miami Dade College’s School of Entertainment & Design Technology where I managed the film equipment room while also teaching camera and lighting classes at the Florida Film Institute, a non-profit organization that teaches high schoolers how to make a movie from development to distribution. It was at this time that I got the directing bug. My first budgeted short film was Tracks. It got into over 20 film festivals world wide and was my first baby. Following the film, I produced Miami Curves Week+, a live plus size fashion event for Miami Swim Week and Name Dropping: The Frustratingly Fun Movie Card Game, while also still making shorts and developing feature content. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fcff39b3ccee01c1bed8a84/1612247609377-KPOTJWCOHFSTR7A8FN5E/Pain+Painting+Poster+%2827x40%29chelsea+SMALLER.jpg HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fcff39b3ccee01c1bed8a84/1612242762634-TN8IBXT8B8Y4RFUK7JAO/0379t+copy.jpg HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fcff39b3ccee01c1bed8a84/1612242747425-DNEEUR2G1OH8U75AZK8K/P6137421+copy.jpg HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fcff39b3ccee01c1bed8a84/1612242761922-TROEFAT4T8JUECNXB1N4/P6157774+copy.jpg HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fcff39b3ccee01c1bed8a84/1612210876107-RII4MMO3CHVFLWC35LGM/still_7+copy.jpg HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fcff39b3ccee01c1bed8a84/1612210881867-DU2J3QEREGA2B2V0REV9/still_17+copy.jpg HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fcff39b3ccee01c1bed8a84/1612210880946-39H67ZJIA7Q5UZ728MVV/still_8+copy.jpg HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fcff39b3ccee01c1bed8a84/1612210879859-7AQ1JY6JZX9MCHBRER9P/still_10+copy.jpg HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fcff39b3ccee01c1bed8a84/1612210883522-JARX2IEZ575RNDYYJ1OC/still_24+copy.jpg HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fcff39b3ccee01c1bed8a84/1612210876081-J4SKAZE99N2D62CIRR4J/still_4+copy.jpg HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fcff39b3ccee01c1bed8a84/1612211600801-B8KZ5HL8V2ZF9LBCWSNT/POSTER.jpg HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fcff39b3ccee01c1bed8a84/1612541023711-FFZ9ZEL6N9WUXZLEJ1FI/IMG_7181.jpg HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fcff39b3ccee01c1bed8a84/1612541019191-5BVO7SVX19V34HSQYQCA/IMG_7071.jpg HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fcff39b3ccee01c1bed8a84/1612541025241-4O38XDLUJIES2MVK8SNX/IMG_7321.jpg HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fcff39b3ccee01c1bed8a84/1612212029310-SYL2OTMU4LU8SE9QZK44/Debra_Julie.jpg HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fcff39b3ccee01c1bed8a84/1612212037898-UL5WILU78WOK8XKXM0R3/JulieOnCouch.jpg HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fcff39b3ccee01c1bed8a84/1612212037240-GKB6XKDRN2D4HSSI2TJ7/Tasha_Grandma.jpg HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fcff39b3ccee01c1bed8a84/1612541022379-9HYKSQPQJJVKN1CG83RO/IMG_7105.jpg HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fcff39b3ccee01c1bed8a84/1612541018887-TN1GHZET5SCR4MXWDW26/IMG_6992.jpg HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fcff39b3ccee01c1bed8a84/1612541187900-M4D9VLI2LVRFEJYAS1R3/IMG_7136.jpg HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fcff39b3ccee01c1bed8a84/1612215073620-58JB3PSMRHA9Y5YWQ918/P6147596%2Bcopy.jpg HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fcff39b3ccee01c1bed8a84/82c1f435-f1ff-41c0-b66f-27f899638d75/Indie+ND+1.jpg HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fcff39b3ccee01c1bed8a84/037fcaec-b5e7-49e0-b0af-0ec55480c0c8/MCW+TRIANGLE+BLK.jpg HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fcff39b3ccee01c1bed8a84/8763058d-da6a-4225-a0f5-a656ddf001a1/Pa.jpeg HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fcff39b3ccee01c1bed8a84/eea1a57d-078c-44ea-ae13-74878e4f1aa8/Screenshot+2023-11-04+at+5.02.49+PM.png HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fcff39b3ccee01c1bed8a84/1e8a9982-b6ba-4589-acf5-8cb3061a07ef/Screenshot+2023-11-28+at+1.29.44+PM.png HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fcff39b3ccee01c1bed8a84/f2a72ffe-9dd3-4fd4-a5df-cfc30a671614/sibling+photo+collage.jpg HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58d00f106b8f5b01c8e73f52/1491858427382-L46N6OML0EQRY4L20YNX/color-3.png HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fcff39b3ccee01c1bed8a84/1612209302946-A2U9QYDASWVME5Q9RE90/AfterlightImage.JPG HOME