Abby Berendt Lavoi is an award-winning Writer, Director, and Editor whose work has screened at 30+ film festivals, with television credits that include MTV, TVLand/Nick@Nite and CurrentTV. Her screenwriting work has been recognized at Austin Film Festival, CineStory, and Stowe Story Labs. She was Showrunner of the 12 episode streaming series, My Amazing Cheap Date. Her feature, Roots of Fire, won Documentary of Year from the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities. She is in development on the sequel and is directing its spinoff series, Dry Bones. She has earned five Telly Awards for short docs and branded content, won best film at the San Francisco 48Hour Film Festival, and was a finalist for the NYTVF History Channel Unscripted Development Pipeline. In 2021, she was the recipient of the Women in Film and Television’s ‘Resilient Woman’ Award. She is a partner at Lavoi Creative, creating work for Pandora, Google, Scopely, Autodesk, and more.