Talia Lugacy

Talia Lugacy is an American film director, writer and producer.^[1][2] She is best known for her work on the films Descent and This Is Not a War Story.^[3][4]

Talia Lugacy
Born	New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Director, writer, producer, actress
Years active	2005–present

Life and career

Lugacy was born in New York City, New York to Moroccan Jewish and Greek parents. She graduated from New York University Tisch School of the Arts. She is an assistant professor of Screen Studies at Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts at The New School.^[1][5]

Lugacy's debut feature film, Descent, premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2007 and it was a New York Times Critics' Pick.^[6][4] In 2021, her second feature film This Is Not a War Story, premiered at 2021 SF Indie Fest, where it won the Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature.^[7] She is also slated to direct the upcoming feature film Whitey on the Moon.^[8]

Filmography

Year	Film	Director	Writer	Producer	Note
2005	Little Black Dress	Yes	Yes	Yes	Short film
2007	Descent	Yes	Yes	Yes	Feature film
2021	This Is Not a War Story	Yes	Yes	Yes	Feature film
TBA	Whitey on the Moon	Yes	Yes	Yes	Feature film

As actress

• 2014 : The Shape of Something Squashed
• 2021 : This Is Not a War Story

Awards and nominations

Year	Result	Award	Category	Work	Ref.
2021	Won	Tallgrass Film Festival	Best Female-Directed Feature	This Is Not a War Story	[9]
	Nominated	Woods Hole Film Festival	Best Narrative Feature Film		[10]
2022	Nominated	Independent Spirit Awards	John Cassavetes Award		[11]