VANESSA BELETIC



DIRECTOR & WRITER
(LA/NYC)







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Born and raised in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti.

Vanessa’s first narrative short
Catching Spirits won the Jury Award
Live Action Short at New Hampshire
Film Festival making it
Academy Awards eligible in 2023.

She was recently selected as a 2024 fellow
of the prestigious 
AFI Directing Workshop for Women+,
where she directed the upcoming
supernatural thriller Evil, I.

Vanessa tells stories about characters
who defy the odds by way of magic,
perseverance or straight up hustle.





















EVIL, I

NARRATIVE SHORT FILM
AFI DWW+
(WATCH)




















CATCHING SPIRITS

NARRATIVE SHORT FILM
JURY AWARD LIVE ACTION SHORT 2022
ACADEMY QUALIFIED 2023
(WATCH)





















VASELINE

“NO OTHER SKIN”
REGINA KING
(WATCH)