Bio

 

 

A native of Los Angeles, Greer Sinclair spent her teen years in

a small town in rural Louisiana where she began writing and performing.

 

In Fall 2024, Sinclair graduated as a Screenwriting Fellow of the American Film Institute. While at AFI, she wrote and co-produced four narrative short films. In 2023, she became a two-time Sloan Fellowship Award nominee. In 2025, her pilot JACK AND JULIE was selected for the prestigious AFI Writers' Room Ready program.

 

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

 

As a musical artist, she has collaborated with Joe Gore (PJ Harvey, Tom Waits) and Jason Carmer (James Williamson, Kimya Dawson). As an actor, she has appeared in over thirty theatrical productions, most notably as the titular character in a stage adaptation of Tennessee Williams' BABY DOLL, which had an extended sold-out run at Pacific Resident Theatre.

 

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 is published in

Vanity Fair and Air Mail Magazine.

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Sinclair is currently developing her first feature.

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