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An Austin Film Festival Winner, Catalyst Story Institute Winner, and one of MovieMaker Magazine’s 25 Screenwriters to Watch in 2023, Lillie Gardner was raised in the midwest before she studied writing and music at New York University. Her background as a pianist lends an elegant pacing to her prose and screenwriting. Often centered around women defying expectations in both contemporary and historical settings, Lillie’s writing explores how our belief systems can both help us and hold us back.
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Press
December 2023: “Screenwriting Virtuosa: From Classical Piano to Winning Scripts” feature by the Screenwriters’ Workshop
June 2023: Interview about Allegra Sparkle’s Guide to the Great Composers (You Might Not Have Heard Of) on WWFM - The Classical Network’s A Tempo with Rachel Katz
April 2023: MovieMaker Magazine’s 25 Screenwriters to Watch in 2023 list
December 2022: “Sisters collaborate on animated show to highlight unknown female composers” in the St. Paul Monitor
November 2022: Austin Film Festival winners in Deadline
October 2022: “Catalyst Conversations: Lillie Gardner,” interview with WDSE-WRPT at Catalyst Story Institute
News
“The Composer” episode of Wondery’s kids podcast Whose Amazing Life?, written by Lillie, is now available!
Lillie is a semifinalist in the CineStory TV Retreat & Fellowship competition with her historical drama pilot Ruth Rising.
Lillie is writing and directing the comedy web series VEGAN PLEASE, coming spring 2024! (In Minneapolis? Get your April 20th premiere party tickets here!)
Lillie serves as Managing Editor for the new Independent Film Minnesota magazine, whose first issue was published November 2023.
The Peanut Butter Detectives, Lillie’s animated preschool series co-written with Myles Hunt, was a Quarterfinalist in Stage 32’s New Voices in Animation Screenplay Contest.
Ruth Rising was a Second Rounder in the 2023 Austin Film Festival Screenplay Competition.
Ruth Rising was a semifinalist in the 2023 Creative Screenwriting TV Pilot Screenplay competition.
Lillie produced an animated teaser video with FableVision Studios for Allegra Sparkle’s Guide to the Great Composers (You Might Not Have Heard Of).
American Virtuosa was a Finalist in the Shore Scripts TV Pilot Contest.
Allegra Sparkle’s Guide to the Great Composers (You Might Not Have Heard Of) is a Winner in Austin Film Festival’s Script Competition.
Lillie’s creative nonfiction piece “From Here” was republished online in Spy.
Lillie wrote the script for “Raftaar,” a Bollywood dance theater production by RGK Dance Academy.
