Laura Sampson Hemingway is a writer, filmmaker, and educator based in Brooklyn, NY. She writes dramatic, feminist, genre-blending flash fiction and screenplays.

Laura’s writing has awarded her a fellowship with Stowe Story Labs x Sidewalk Film Festival, a development grant from PANO Network, and an artist residency with Nostos Screenwriting Retreat. As an adjunct professor and mentor with Girls Write Now, she leads narrative writing workshops for film and literature. Her production company 29 Libran Films specializes in co-producing independent films for early career writer/directors with their sights on festival distribution. Select screenings include at Raindance Film Festival, Big Apple Film Festival, Montreal Independent Film Festival, International Film Festival The Hague, Chicago Underground Film Festival, and Blowup Film Festival. Laura is originally from Indianapolis, Indiana, and is a graduate of The New School (BA), Brooklyn College (MFA), and The American Academy of Dramatic Arts. She is a David Lynch Foundation scholarship recipient for the study of TM. As a lifelong student herself, Laura is currently studying Spanish (Latin American) and legal writing for entertainment law. She pronounces her name LAR-uh.