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    • HI, I'M VIA BIA!
    • WHO IS VIA?
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      • HI, I'M VIA BIA!
      • WHO IS VIA?
      • SHORT FILMS
      • CONTACT
      • LEAVE A MESSAGE
      • HI, I'M VIA BIA!
      • WHO IS VIA?
      • SHORT FILMS
      • CONTACT
      • LEAVE A MESSAGE
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        • HI, I'M VIA BIA!
        • WHO IS VIA?
        • SHORT FILMS
        • CONTACT
        • LEAVE A MESSAGE
      • HI, I'M VIA BIA!
      • WHO IS VIA?
      • SHORT FILMS
      • CONTACT
      • LEAVE A MESSAGE
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        • HI, I'M VIA BIA!

          WRITER | PRODUCER | DIRECTOR | ENJOYER

        • WHO IS VIA?

          Picture it.

          The humid asphalt of Long Island, New York.

          A young girl raised in a multi-generational Evangelical Puerto Rican and Jewish family where God was in charge, and by that, I mean my abuela.

           

          I learned a lot in those days.

          How to cut an avocado; how to memorize a Bible verse by turning it into a rap;

          and how to mix English, Yiddish, and Puerto Rican slangs into one devastating diss.

          Most people never knew how deep that diss went, but I knew... I knew.

           

          I left Long Island and religion a while back their imprints have persisted

          through moves to Philadelphia, Mexico City, DC, and Los Angeles,

          where I've worked as a teacher, in social justice non-profits, and now, in filmmaking.

           

          Through filmmaking, I've been able to explore emotional truths from my past

          by creating heightened realities and sprinkling in magical realism.

          I've been fortunate to have projects go through labs with Sundance, Cine Qua Non (sponsored by AMPAS), and the Stowe Story Labs.

           

          One of my films, THESE COLORS DON’T RUN,

          about a little girl's first communion day gone down the shitter,

          was supported by Kodak and distributed by HBO.

          My latest project, POST COMEDY, 

          about a stand-up comic living in the shadow of her past,

          will premiere later this year.

          In the works are LA JUANA and BRIDGE, two shorts I produced,

          and CHRISTMAS HANGOVER, an absurd holiday rom-com I co-wrote,

          now in development with Fear Not Productions.

           

          My dream is to staff on a 1/2 hour comedy or dramedy,

          so if you're looking for folks to add to your room, hit me up to read original pilots in the 1/2 hr comedy and dramedy spaces (animated and live-action);

          or if you'd prefer tv specs, shorts and features, I got those too - just gimme a shout!

        • SHORT FILMS

          THESE COLORS DON'T RUN

          Via Bia: Writer | Producer | Director

          Starring: Maggie Celeste, Neyla Cantu, and Yesenia Garcia

          Producers: Wilson Smith and Michael Tully

          DP: Yuta Yamaguchi

          The story of a first communion gone down the shitter.

          POST COMEDY

          Via Bia: Co-Writer | Producer | Director

          Starring | Co-Writer | Producer: Jax Baires

          DP: Kunitaro Ohi

          A comedian's set is interrupted by the one thing she never jokes about... her past trauma.

          LA JUANA

          Via Bia: Creative Producer

          Written | Produced | Directed | Edited: Anayamel

          Starring: TeCheetah López

          DP: Erin G. Wesley

          Stuck in her time capsule of a home, an aging cabaret singer

          spends the day lost in fantasies of her former life and loves.

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