Short Film playing at the November 2017 FEMALE FEEDBACK Film Festival
Director Biography
Tia Ayers and Shannon Ayers Swanson are creators, directors, producers and co-founders of the production and development company Borndreamer.
Together, Tia and Shannon develop and produce content with a focus on comedy. They currently have several original projects in development, from web shorts to feature films.
Prior to forming their partnership, Tia directed several short films that played at festivals around the country. She also co-wrote a Lifetime movie with her mom and was a writer and supervising producer of all 26 episodes of “Raising Expectations”, a family comedy for Canadian television. Shannon was at Abominable Pictures, where she produced several pilots, presentations and eight episodes of the series Filthy Preppy Teens for Full Screen Media.
They both got their start as performers. Tia studied and performed sketch comedy at Second City, IOWest, the Groundlings and did standup all over the country. Shannon studied at Playhouse West and was a cast member of Top Story Weekly at the IOWest Theatre.
Director Statement
We are sisters who love to work and create together.
Our mission is:
To BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER through positive entertainment, showcasing underrepresented characters and stories.
To BE KIND & RESPECTFUL to our audience, clients, community and team.
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