Tawny Foskett

Director/producer/editor, Tawny Foskett, began studying and making films in 2001, following a decade of training and working as an actor and dancer.  Her 8 shorts include the award-winning, Girls Who Smoke, which played many festivals around the US, Canada and Europe.  She holds an MFA in Film Production from Concordia University in Montreal and studied narrative directing in Melbourne, Australia at the VCA School of Film and Television.  She’s taught film production at Cal Poly Humboldt and workshops, along with cinematographer, Sanne Kurz, at the HFF in Munich.  In February of 2022 she lost her partner, Bunny Walthuis to cancer, after a less-than-two-year battle.  She is currently in production on a documentary about this, as well as concurrently writing a memoir.  In March of 2025 she presented The Muse- a collection of (new and old) media pieces including Lost Almost, as well as the premiere of her short film Natasha & Sam at the Zero 2 Fierce fest. For more: www.TawnyFoskett.com