BIO
Cleo Handler is a writer, actor, and director in Los Angeles/Brooklyn. A multi-hyphenate who loves horror/comedy, music/theater, and slashes/hyphens, she has created & directed several original films, including Red Flag, The Living, Olympian, and #LifeOnAir (an experimental, interactive mystery series told completely on Instagram), and has written several others, including Out to Lunch, Moon Party, and the musical web series Young Like Us. Her work has screened at Frightfest, the Flickers Rhode Island Film Festival, Maryland Film Festival, Brooklyn Horror Film Festival, Film Shortage Premieres, and more, and her screenplay was a 2022 finalist for the Sundance Institute Development Track/Sloan Commissioning Grant.
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Her musicals From The Fire and Glass Act have been featured in Broadway’s Future Songbook at Lincoln Center, winners of the Players Theater Off-Broadway Musical Production Program, and semi-finalists for the O’Neill National Music Theatre Conference. She has released three rock albums: compare & contrast, gold, and 19 Songs to Sing Alone in Your House (and the accompanying videos), and has worked in production for Apple’s Cape Fear, SYFY/USA’s Chucky, and Showtime’s Couples Therapy. Additionally, she has produced and edited several indie shorts and music videos (most recently for Amy Helm/Sun Records). After graduating from Yale, where she was an O’Neill Playwriting Fellow, she studied lyric writing in the Advanced BMI Musical Theater Workshop, and acting with Bill Esper at the William Esper Studio. Acting highlights include Chucky (Dir. Don Mancini) and Public Morals (Dir. Ed Burns).
She’s into bending and blending roles, genres, and punctuation — and is liable to tell you a spooky story or break into song. Check out her newest album, out now!
Photo Credit: Greg Rubin