Kristian Comer’s passion lies in filmmaking and theater. Her first brush with theater was during her senior year in high school. She worked backstage and joined Spring Valley High School’s theater honor society and is a full pledge member of thespian troupe 721. Kristian holds two Associates degrees from Rockland Community College, one in Performing Arts and the other in Liberal Arts and Science. At Rockland, she first graced the stage as Peaseblossom during their summer production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream with the Rockland Shakespeare Company. From there she was casted in the main stage production of Noises Off as Brooke/Vikki with The Rockland Campus Players. After that Kristian started working with different community theaters throughout Rockland and then branched off to different theaters in NY, NJ, PA. After that, she decided to take her love for performing abroad and worked in London and Stratford-upon-Avon in the UK. Kristian is currently working towards her Master’s degree in Shakespeare and creativity from Birmingham university and The Shakespeare Institute and set to graduate spring/summer 2021. She graduated from SUNY Empire State College with a Bachelor science and from Ramapo College of New Jersey with an bachelors of art degree. Kristian is a member of the Society of American Fight Directors. Her favorite weapon to work with is rapier and dagger. She choreographed an intense fight scene for the independent short film The Hollow Men. In 2013 Kristian decided to try out film and television and was featured in Brad Meltzer’s Lost History as Evelyn Lincoln, Gotham as a Mutant Gang Member, The Following as a State Senator and many more as listed on her resume. She also worked at Hoboken International Film Festival twice as an interview hostess, formally Rahway International Film Festival currently known as Westfield International Film Festival as Social Media Manager for a year and Tribeca Film Festival for three years as screening crew, audience awards member and virtual arcade crew. She plans on going back this year to help out with the festival. Kristian had the privilege to take master classes with John Barton and Cicely Berry from the Royal Shakespeare Company, and an acting workshops with the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland among many other brilliant and talented minds. In 2016 Kristian wrote, co-directed, acted, and co-produced her first short film, Riding with Sunshine. It was nominated and won many honors and awards from newspapers and film festivals in the US and abroad. From there Kristian wrote, directed, produced two more short films, The Test and July 15th. Both won and were nominated for awards from film festivals in the US and internationally. July 15th is currently set to screen this year in NYC to become Academy Awards qualifying. Kristian is currently writing her first book, which is set to release later this year. She has also started a master class series and is going to universities and high schools to teach and share what she has learned throughout her professional journey. If you wish to book Kristian please just message her here.
“All the world’s a stage,
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances,
And one man in his time plays many parts" ~ Shakespeare
Awards
2021 Golden Fox For Debut Filmmaker
From Calcutta International Cult Film Festival For Riding with Sunshine
2021 Honorable Mention For Best Actress
From Eastern Europe International Movie Awards For July 15th
2021 Honorable Mention For Best Original Script
From London International Monthly Film Festival for July 15th
2021 Honorable Mention For Best Director
From London International Monthly Film Festival for July 15th
2021 Honorable Mention For Best Acting
From London International Monthly Film Festival for July 15th
2021 Nominated for Best Social Activism
From The Shorty Awards for Riding with Sunshine
2021 Bronze Telly Award for Online Directing
From Telly Awards for July 15th
2021 Best Poster Design
From Uruvatti International Film Festival for Dogberry’s Lament
2021 Nominated for Sun of the East Award in Best Actress
From Tagore International Film Festival for The Test
2021 Nominated for Sun of the East Award in Best Director
From Tagore International Film Festival for The Test
2021 Nominated for Sun of the East Award in Best Producer
From Tagore International Film Festival from The Test
2021 Nominated for Sun of the East Award in Best Silent Film
From Tagore International Film Festival for The Test
2021 Performing Artist Award
From The Arts Council of Rockland for her collective works
2021 Best Romance
For July 15th from Vegas Film Awards
2021 Best Sound Design
For July 15th from Vesuvius International Monthly Film Festival
2020 Nominated for Visual Artist Award
From The Arts Council of Rockland for Collective Work
2020 Nominated for Literary Award
From The Arts Council of Rockland for Collective Work
2020 Best Social Short Film
From South Film and Arts Academy Festival for Riding with Sunshine
2020 Pigeon d'Or Award for Women’s Film
From L’Age d’Or International Arthouse Film Festival for The Test
2020 Best Actress in a Drama
From Actors Awards, Los Angeles For July 15th
2020 Nominated Commencement Speaker
For Empire State College
2020 Nominated for Student Service Award
From Empire State College
2020 Nominated for Visual Artist Award shared with Production Company
From The Arts Council of Rockland for Collective Work
2020 Outstanding Achievement Award Debut Filmmaker
From Calcutta International Cult Film Festival for Riding with Sunshine
2020 Best Women's Film
From Calcutta International Cult Film Festival
2020 Outstanding Achievement Award for Best Romantic Film
From Druk International Film Festival for July 15th
2020 Nominated for Best Actress Short Film
From Kosice International Monthly Film Festival for July 15th
2020 Nominated for Best Director Short Film
From Prague International Monthly Film Festival for July 15th
2020 Best Silent Movie
From Falcon International Film Festival for July 15th
2020 Honorable Mention in Extra Long Short Film
From Berlin Flash Film Festival for July 15th
2020 Semi-Finalist Best Actress Short Film
From Sweden Film Awards for July 15th
2020 Semi-Finalist Best Drama
From Sweden Film Awards for July 15th
2020 Semi-Finalist for Best Drama in Short Film
From ALTFF Alternative Film Festival for July 15th
2020 Dame of Sealand
Knighted by Prince Michael of Sealand
2020 Best Silent Film in Short Film
From Cyrus Monthly Short Festival of Toronto for July 15th
2020 Nominated for Best original Story
From Top Shorts Film Festival
2020 Best Silent Film Of The Year
From Falcon International Film Festival For July 15th
2020 Finalist for Best Director Short Film
From Hollywood Gold Awards for July 15th
2020 Nominee For Inspiring Woman in a Film
From Los Angeles Film Awards for July 15th
2020 Grand Jury Prize Silver Award For Best Writer
From Los Angeles Motion Picture Festival for July 15th
2020 Grand Jury Prize Platinum Award For Short Film: Best Picture
From Los Angeles Motion Picture Festival for July 15th
2020 Nominee For Best Picture
From New York Film Awards for July 15th
2020 Nominee For Best Duo
From New York Film Awards for July 15th
2020 November Award For Best Romantic Film
From Rome International Movie Awards for July 15th
2020 November Award For Honorable Mention For Best Acting Duo
From Rome International Movie Awards for July 15th
2020 Nominee Best Women’s Film
From White Unicorn International Film Festival for July 15th
2020 GRAND JURY PRIZE For BEST FEMALE FILMMAKER
From Imagine Rain Independent Film Awards for July 15th
2020 Best Actress
From Imagine Rain Independent Film Awards for July 15th
2020 Best Acting
From Athens International Monthly Art Film Festival for July 15th
2020 Best Directing
From Athens International Monthly Art Film Festival for July 15th
2020 Best Romantic Movie
From Under The Stars International Film Festival for July 15th
2019 Best Producer
From Tagore International Film Festival for The Test
2019 Best Direction
From Tagore International Film Festival for The Test
2019 Critics Choice Award for Silent Film
From Tagore International Film Festival for The Test
2019 Best Women's Film
From L’Age d’Or International Arthouse Film Festival for The Test
2019 Nominated for an Visual Artist Award
From The Arts Council of Rockland
2019 Best Free Speech Film
From Cult Critic Movie Awards for Riding with Sunshine
2019 Best Supporting Actress
From Olympus Film Festival for Riding with Sunshine
2019 Nominated for Sun of the East Award for Best Direction
From Tagore International Film Festival for The Test
2019 Nominated for Spring Award
From The Monkey Bread Tree Film Festival for July 15th
2019 Nominated for an Golden Galaxy Award for Best Actress
From Virgin Spring Cinefest for July 15th
2019 Nominated for Sun of the East Award for Best Producer
From Tagore International Film Festival for The Test
2019 Nominated for Sun of the East Award for Silent Film
From Tagore International Film Festival for The Test
2019 Best Actress
From Virgin Spring Cinefest for July 15th
2019 Best Director
From Virgin Spring Cinefest for July 15th
2019 Best Producer
From Virgin Spring Cinefest for July 15th
2019 Silent Film
From Virgin Spring Cinefest for July 15th
2019 Best Short Film
From Virgin Spring Cinefest for July 15th
2019 Best Women's Film
From Virgin Spring Cinefest for July 15th
2019 Nominated for an Golden Galaxy Award for Best Director
From Virgin Spring Cinefest for July 15th
2019 Nominated for an Golden Galaxy Award for Women's Film
From Virgin Spring Cinefest for July 15th
2019 Nominated for an Golden Galaxy Award for Best Short Film
From Virgin Spring Cinefest for July 15th
2019 Golden Galaxy Award for Silent Film
From Virgin Spring Cinefest for July 15th
2019 Nominated for an Golden Galaxy Award for Producer
From Virgin Spring Cinefest for July 15th
2019 Honorable Mention for Best Female Director in a Short Film
From South Film and Arts Academy Festival
2019 Jean-Luc Godard Award for Free Speech
From Cult Critic Movie Awards
2017 Certificate of Merit Award
From Town of Clarkstown
2017 Nominated for Best Supporting Actress
From Chautauqua International Film Festival for Riding with Sunshine
2017 Top 40 Irish and Irish American's under 40 award
From The Irish Echo
2017 Nominated for Best Original Concept
From The Brightside Tavern Shorts Fest for Riding with Sunshine
2005 Leadership award
From Rockland Community College
2000 Music Award
From Spring Valley High School
Reviews
Riding with Sunshine (2017)
Now available to rent at Amazon Video on Demand, Kristian Comer’s drama is a poetic and very interesting statement about how quickly events can spiral out of control these days. Comer plays Vikki, a student who goes out with her best friend Mario for the day. After what seems like a normal day of riding around turns in to a harrowing and unnerving confrontation, as the pair are stopped by two cops demanding Mario’s identification and license. “Riding with Sunshine” is a great message with a very politically and socially relevant moral about how deeply rooted prejudice is and how utterly hopeless the situation can seem. The way Comer puts Vikki in a color filter standing out from her black and white world is a bit on the nose, but still pack a good emotional punch once the short comes to a close. All in all, “Riding with Sunshine” is sad, profound, and highly recommended.
Riding with Sunshine (2017)
Powerful message…
Excellent! This short film really evokes a lot of emotion. Powerful and timely. Definitely worth watching.
Links
IMDB
My IMDB page
Youtube
Riding with Sunshine Trailer
Youtube
The Test Trailer
Youtube
July 15th Trailer
Buy the short film the Test
The Test dvd
Buy the short film Riding with Sunshine
Riding with sunshine dvd
Wikipedia
July 15th Wikipedia Page
