Originally from the Bay Area, Zoë Salnave has worked in film and creative writing since she was 15 years old. Her passion for filmmaking grew as a young documentarian discovering narratives rooted in issues of diversity, community, sustainable living, and urban rehabilitation. Her work has been recognized at film festivals across the world and she has won numerous awards for her documentary work with urban development, community gardening programs, and bringing awareness to youth initiatives in Berkeley and Oakland, California. In 2010 she received a Resolution Award from the State of California by Senators Loni Hancock and Nancy Skinner for her work in film.

In 2015 she graduated from Mills College, a historic all-women’s college in Oakland with a B.A. in Creative Storytelling and Cultural Perspectives with an emphasis in Poetry and Afro-Caribbean Studies.

She was accepted to the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts in 2016 and has since been honing her craft in Writing, Directing, and Producing narrative film. Zoë explores the genres of drama, comedy, and the combination of the two.

Find Zoë's documentary work at www.zoealycesalnave.com

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