Talia Lugacy

Talia Lugacy is an American film director, writer and producer. She is best known for her work on the films Descent and This Is Not a War Story.

Life and career
Lugacy was born in New York City, New York to Moroccan and Greek parents. She graduated from New York University Tisch School of the Arts. She is an assistant professor of Screen Studies at Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts at The New School.

Lugacy's debut feature film, Descent, premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2007 and it was a New York Times Critics' Pick. In 2021, her second feature film This Is Not a War Story, premiered at 2021 SF Indie Fest, where it won the Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature. She is also slated to direct the upcoming feature film Whitey on the Moon.

As actress

 * 2014 : The Shape of Something Squashed
 * 2021 : This Is Not a War Story