Autumn Palen
Directing
Biography
Autumn Palen is a southern California native with a BA in film and television production from USC. She is known for The Guilty (2021), Dog (2022) and Would You? (2024).
Known For

A hit man from the Midwest moves to Los Angeles and gets caught up in the city's theatre arts scene.
Barry

Heed the call of adventure and enter Dimension 20 where Game Master Brennan Lee Mulligan, joined by comedians and pro gamers, blends comedy with tabletop RPGs.
Dimension 20

An army ranger and his dog embark on a road trip along the Pacific Coast Highway to attend a friend's funeral.
Dog
A teenager, disinterested in her Louisiana Creole heritage, finds herself having to entertain a visitor who only speaks what sounds like French. She’ll discover how magical it can be to connect with one's heritage.
Heritage

A young aging actress reconnects with her former scene partner to ask a vital favor that could change the course of her career.
Baby Face

Nikki spices things up while at her mom's struggling tofu restaurant while working to afford her breast augmentation surgery.
100% USDA Certified Organic Homemade Tofu

In the dystopian 2040, a performance artist shots himself dead in front of a live audience. While the extreme act shocks the society, his friend is kidnapped and interrogated as a murder suspect; he has to prove his innocence to survive.
Sympatico

A mother struggles to accept the man her adult son has become.
Bridget and Iain

A teenage boy gets the opportunity of a lifetime. But to follow his passions and chase his dreams of becoming a magician, he must face his biggest challenge yet - leaving his loving mother.
Leaving My Mother

On Hwa-young's last day of work before moving to New York, she has two disparate encounters with the same local that make her question the decision to leave her family and community behind.
Silver Lake Cleaners

HIGH SCHOOL REALLY SUCKS… And no one knows that better than best friends Aaron and Keith. So when they set out to crash the last graduation party of the summer, emotions fly high and the culture clash of teenagers find themselves playing a simple game that has dire consequences.
Worst Thing You’ve Ever Done

A small-town girl takes a pilgrimage to the famed German nightclub Berghain and ends up spending years of her life in the hallowed den of drum and bass.
BREAKFAST AT BERGHAIN

In this music-filled short documentary, six renowned artists and musical ensembles from Louisiana share their love and commitment to performing music in French and Creole, thus perpetuating a centuries-old music tradition into the 21st century. Winner of the 2024 #CreateLouisiana French Culture Grant.
Musique(s)!
A couple’s five year anniversary unravels as the unconditional nature of their love is put into question. When the question of posed of whether one would love the other were they to be transformed into a worm, the answer becomes hauntingly clear: they wouldn’t.
Would You?

A cynical woman reignites her relationship with her dead mother, who she believes is listening to her wishes from the stars.