Fredgy Noël is an award-winning director/screenwriter based in Manhattan. Noël's films are quirky, inclusive, female-driven stories that balance narrative and documentary techniques. She spent her formative years in Haiti, DC, and Miami. She learned English from music videos and started working on video treatments for songs at age 9. In college, she studied English and took classes in black film, auteur theory, and linguistics. When she moved to NYC she worked at MTV, VH1, Nickelodeon, and BET--writing and directing short form commercials for each network. That experience led her to writing and directing her first short film, Milking It in 2014. Since then, she’s continued to focus on filmmaking. In 2017, she directed her feature documentary 7 Days In New York followed by several other narrative and documentary projects. Her latest short film, Cotton Candy screened at the academy award qualifying St. Louis International film festival among others. Noël is a featured Free the Work director and involved in other organizations focused on the advancement of women in film and media. email: fredgy.noel@gmail.com