In Development

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Coming soon to a - bookstore / cinema / theater - near you.

A Life Based Loosely On Reality
A Newsletter & Book Project

Hand-drawn book cover with colorful text that reads, 'how to be a success person?!' The cover features a purple border with yellow accents and pink corners.

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 A newsletter that flows with the creative tides of my mind and the seedlings of a book project developed from a lifetime of riding those waves.

Untitled
A Feature Film

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An obsessed filmmaker unravels a mystery.

In Defense
A One Woman Show

Hand-drawn stick figure standing on a stage with pink curtains, holding a microphone. The figure has curly hair and is speaking into a speech bubble that reads, 'WHO IS ME?' in colorful letters.

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What if you had to defend yourself against all the parts of you? Like what if you had to defend you from you as if your life depended on it? A darkly comedic (and musical?) one woman show that takes the format of the PhD defense and the concept of self-knowledge and puts them to the test.

Some kind words about Vanessa and her work

  • Vanessa Meyer has heart. She sees people deeply and cares for them through her work. This comes through from her professionalism and near-psychic tact while handling talent, to her adept and searching depiction of humanity on the page. She’s an asset to the performing arts, in all the ways she engages with them.

    Tracy Hurren, Senior Editor/Drawn & Quarterly

  • Vanessa is my favorite kind of artist because she is fueled by genuine and endless curiosity - about people, her surroundings, and lore. The shapes into which she molds her research and fascinating obsessions are manifold. Will it be a film? A story? An interview? A Performance? The container and the content shape each other when it comes to her expressions of art and of self. That is why I am always surprised and satisfied. It seems as if her goal is not to break molds but to shape new ones - and that rules. 

    Theresa Buchheister, Producer/Artistic Director

  • Vanessa is extremely reliable and smart in all aspects of working on film - from narrative development to production. She helped me find the perfect editor for a film which set the stage for one of my most successful projects. She also is creative and hard-working in spades. She is able to easily grasp the most unusual projects, which is rare.

    Rachel Mason, Filmmaker/Performer

  • Vanessa was described as a "wild and talented new voice".

    Chattanooga Film Festival.

  • Working with Vanessa Meyer as my pitch mentor was brilliant. She was kind and generous with her time and provided thoughtful feedback, even under tight deadlines. Her encouragement and enthusiasm for our project made a huge difference and gave us real confidence going into the festival. I honestly don’t think our experience would have been nearly as successful without her guidance. She was supportive, friendly, and genuinely helpful from start to finish, and I feel really lucky to have had her in our corner.

    Noomi Yates, Filmmaker

  • Vanessa brings a gift of empathy and openness to any conversation, and it is a superpower. She is the first person I send a draft of a script and/or a cut of a film to. She is trustworthy, and she can see the work for what it is, dissect the good and the bad, and help carve a path forward regardless of the project’s scope. She is also an artist in every sense of the word. I hope to work with Vanessa in any way that I can, and I hope other creatives can be as lucky as I am to have met her.

    Jeff Ryan, Filmmaker/Actor