Chris Licud is an award-winning screenwriter, playwright, and Virginia native. Her short film, WE WERE MEANT TO, which she co-wrote, premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, won the Special Jury Prize at the 2023 Student BAFTA Awards, and won the Grand Prix Award at the 2023 HollyShorts Film Festival. It is now in development as a feature film. Her play LIFE WITH A FRENCH BULLDOG was a finalist for the American Playwriting Foundation’s 2023 Relentless Award Picket Plays, which was initiated by the Writers Guild of America.

Chris is the writer/co-director and producer of the scripted horror podcast SOMETHING STRANGE IS HAPPENING, which premiered at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival as part of its inaugural podcast selection. Estuary Films optioned the series, which is now in development for TV. Chris was one of 10 participants selected for the 2020 PGA Power of Diversity Master Workshop for her half-hour dramedy GRINGAS, which she sold to Hulu/The Onyx Collective. Prentice Penny (INSECURE) is executive producing the series. She earned her MFA in Screenwriting from the American Film Institute, where she won its 2020 Writers’ Room Ready Award for her half-hour dramedy 24K and its 2020 William J. Fadiman Award for her coming-of-age drama DAUGHTERS, which was also a 2021 Nicholl Semifinalist.

Before transitioning to film, she worked in advertising at the executive level in both creative and strategy for major brands. She also holds an MS in Publishing from New York University, where she specialized in new media experiences and cinematic audio. She served as the Associate Producer of the AFI Screenwriting and Directing Showcases, which segues graduates into the global media industry, and now teaches filmmaking at Montclair State University and Chapman University.