Nocona Stevenson

I am a filmmaker with the intention of becoming a writer-director, bringing my stories and ideas onto the big screen. I plan on going out to California to pitch my scripts to studio producers and land the role of director for the scripts that I would have sold to them.

My goal for obtaining my Masters is to go to California and enroll into the American Film Institute. I attended a tour of the school back in 2019, along with UCLA and USC. The school’s emphasis on harnessing their student’s artistic talents and refining them impressed me, as well as the staff that hosted the tour. The singular focus on film education also appealed to me, as that assures me that I will be surrounded by like minded students and staff, as opposed to USC and UCLA, where I get the feeling that film is just another art program that doesn't need their full attention.

I have many hobbies, all of them in the artistic fields. There is my first love of drawing and painting that I still practice from time to time. I also discovered miniature painting, particularly that of Warhammer 40,000 and Dungeons & Dragons models, taking in the skills I learned from my art classes. I also like to read, with the Horus Heresy series, JRR Tolkien, and Harlan Ellison among the top of my favorite reads.