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

She is currently in the Sony Pictures TV Directing Program.

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)