April Maxey is a writer/director from San Antonio, Texas, based in Los Angeles. Her short film, WORK, was made in
AFI’s DWW+ program. WORK premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, and went on to screen at Tribeca, Palm
Springs Shortfest, Inside Out, and Outfest, where it won the Grand Jury Prize for Outstanding US Narrative Short.
WORK received distribution by OTV in 2024. April’s feature screenplay for WORK was selected as 1 of 6 narrative
projects for the WIF x Sundance Financing Intensive and was selected as a participant in the 2024 NALIP Feature
Media Accelerator. April is an alumna of Berlinale Talents, the Sundance Uprise Fellowship and the Adobe x
Sundance Women to Watch Fellowship. Her short films have played at over 75 festivals across 18 countries and
won 10 awards. As a queer Chicana filmmaker, April is passionate about stories that center under-represented
perspectives and thematically explore the complexities of queer intimacy, grief, and healing. April’s directing
approach is informed by a decade of experience working as a director of photography and editor.
April Maxey
