Aisha Ford is an award-winning filmmaker studying as a 3rd year graduate film student at NYU Tisch School of the Arts.Over the past few years, she has written and directed short films that have been broadcast on platforms such as the American Black Film Festival Independent TV series and screened at multiple film festivals across the country. Her recent accomplishments include: the recipient of the Tisch School of the Arts Dean s Fellowship, the Sara Driver s Grant and the Spike Lee film Production Grant for her second year short 'Royal. She is also the recipient of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts HBO Scholarship and the prestigious King & Wasserman award. Earlier this year, she was chosen as one of the fellow MFAs to attend the Sundance Film Festival, on behalf of the BET Blackhouse Foundation.