Screenwriter & Director
Zoe Kerr is a semi-nomadic director and writer. Between working as a dramaturg for a movement theater company, educating youth on parole, and being the only woman working in a finance office, she writes high-concept genre pieces centering complicated women.
Her writing and direction has been recognized by the Sundance Institute, Slamdance Screenplay Competition, CineStory, Stowe Story Labs, the Austin Film Festival, Launch Pad, the Moonshot Initiative, the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation Arts Residency, Coverfly Pitch Week, Screencraft, Dallas-Fort Worth Critics Forum, the Dallas Film Alliance Critics Forum, and the Dramatists Guild, among others.
Recognition
Helene Wurlitzer Foundation Artist Residency Fellow 2025
Coverfly Pitch Week Selection 2024
Dramatists Guild Fellowship Finalist 2022
Helene Wurlitzer Foundation Artist Residency Finalist 2022
Stove Works' Artist Residency Semi-Finalist 2022
Millay Arts Core Residency Semi-Finalist 2022
Grub Street Emerging Writer Fellowship Semi-Finalist 2022
Arts Letters & Numbers Artist-in-Residence 2022
See Projects for specific awards.
Affiliations
Dramatists Guild, Member
Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas, Member
Bishop Arts Theatre Center First Move Playwrights Lab 2022, Playwright
Jackalope Theatre Playwrights Lab 2021, Playwright
Dallas Theater Center Playwrights Workshop 2019-2020, Playwright
Publications
Kairos: Creative and Literary Magazine — He Me Art, published Fall 2020
Discernment and Discourse Reader and Guide — Now Let’s Get Information, published Fall 2019