About Grace Merriman
Grace Merriman is a producer and former child actor from New York City with a passion for stories about identity, belonging, and the search for self that spark meaningful conversations and amplify emerging voices.
Grace has produced a diverse slate of short films that have screened at festivals including the Hamptons International Film Festival, Palm Springs International ShortFest, Provincetown International Film Festival, Woodstock Film Festival, HollyShorts Film Festival, the Asian American International Film Festival, CinemaJove, and Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival, among others. Her short Classmates had its world premiere at the Hamptons International Film Festival, received a Special Mention at Proof Film Festival, and was featured as a Vimeo Staff Pick.
Grace holds a BFA in Drama from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, an MFA in Creative Producing from Columbia University, and an MBA from USC Marshall. In 2026 she founded Moody House Films, an independent production company based in New York and Los Angeles.
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Experience
Producing
Do I Know You From Somewhere
Written by Angela Wong Carbone
Directed by Alan Scott Neal
Classmates
Written and Directed by Major Dorfman
Those We Carry
Written and Directed by Rachel Borders
Motherland
Written and Directed by Christina Yoon
Safe Distance
Written by Grace Merriman and Louis Lagayette
Directed by Louis Lagayette
How to Bury Your Mother During a Pandemic
Directed by Ethan Mermelstein
“Honey”
Directed by Hazel McKibbin, Music by Ashni Davé
“Midding”
Directed by Jordan Anstatt, Music by Tucker Winstanley
Crossed
Directed by Kristin Kohlmeyer
The Coronation
Written and Directed by Dhruv Sud
The Downpour
Written and Directed by Jade Edwards
Reverb
Written and Directed by Minkyu Kang
Zoe
Written and Directed by Jade Edwards
The Stars in New York Have a Funny Sense of Humour
Written and Directed by Olive Nwosu
Theater:
Stupid F**king Bird by Aaron Posner
an Art of Warr Production
Brilliant Traces by Cindy Lou Johnson
an Art of Warr Production
Directed by Joshua Warr
my parents are here tonight by Zoe Maltby
Directed by Liz Power
Aristophanes’ LYSISTRATA
an Equal Truth Production
Directed by Julia Lucas
Assistant Directing
The Quiet Cost
Directed by Richard J. Lee
The Volunteer
Written and Directed by Neda Jebelli
Homesick
Written and Directed by Will Seefried
Wednesdays at 5
Written by Elizabeth Taufield and Lily Sondik
Directed by Elizabeth Taufield
The Breakdown Parables
Written and Directed by Emil Benjamin
Good Men Who Do Nothing
Written and Directed by Molly Evans
Girls Just Wanna Have Funding
Written and Directed by Kristin Kohlmeyer
Directing
Acceptance
Written by Grace Merriman
The Still Hour
Written by Grace Merriman
Untitled Julia Stevens Project
Written by Grace Merriman
Marketing and Social Media
Classmates
Written and Directed by Major Dorfman
Brilliant Traces by Cindy Lou Johnson
an Art of Warr Production
Directed by Joshua Warr
my parents are here tonight by Zoe Maltby
Directed by Liz Power
Education
Columbia University School of the Arts
MFA in Creative Producing for Film
NYU Tisch School of the Arts
BFA with Honors in Drama