April Maxey is a writer/director from San Antonio, Texas. Her short film, Work, made in the AFI DWW, played at Sundance, Tribeca, and won the Grand Jury Prize at Outfest. Her feature screenplay for Work was selected for the NALIP Feature Media Accelerator, Film Independent’s Fast Track, Gotham Week Project Market, and was supported by a One House x Sundance grant. April is an alumna of Berlinale Talents, the WBD Directors Access Program, and a current Film Independent Project Involve Fellow. A queer Tejana filmmaker, Maxey is passionate about stories exploring the complexities of queer intimacy, grief, and healing.