Bio

 

 

A native of Los Angeles, Greer Sinclair spent her formative teen years in rural Louisiana where she began writing and performing.

 

Sinclair is currently a Screenwriting Fellow at the American Film Institute. At AFI, she wrote and co-produced four narrative short films. She writes moody psychological thrillers that explore history and gender through a contemporary lens. In 2023, she became a two-time Sloan Fellowship Award nominee.

 

Prior to AFI, she attended Mount Holyoke College and Sarah Lawrence College where she studied directing, film history, and theatre. She received her Bachelor's in film from the San Francisco Art Institute where she began directing short films and music videos. 
 

She previously co-hosted Noir City, sponsored by the Film Noir Foundation Film Festival and Turner Classic Movies, where she highlighted women in the film noir genre.

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Her writing on film and culture has been published in

Vanity Fair and Air Mail Magazine.

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Sinclair is currently developing her first feature.

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