Photo credit: Rachel Kessler
Writer/director Natalia Iyudin (she/her) works with the themes of oppression and personal freedom, both in the narrative genres of sci-fi and horror, and her nonfiction work.
Her short films screened worldwide — most notably The Garden, starring Sophia Lillis (Uncle Frank, Sharp Objects) — and in 2019, she made her directorial TV debut for the CW and Netflix.
Natalia developed multiple series including Girly, with Rashida Jones and Refinery29; directed for mental health campaigns around teen suicide and opioid crises; and on several projects for Toyota. She also co-created and directed We Got You, an award-winning digital series with Tariq “Black Thought” Trotter of The Roots.
A graduate of the Directing Program at the Krzysztof Kieslowski School of Film & Television in her native Poland, Natalia is also a seasoned film and TV editor, and a programmer, and has worked with MTV, BET, PBS, Vogue, MoMA, Film Society of Lincoln Center, National Gallery of Arts, BAM, Sony Pictures Classics among others.