Bonnie Discepolo (Ryan) is a director and co-screenwriter of comedy short GraceLand starring Anna Camp. GraceLand is an official selection of the SCAD Savannah Film Festival narrative shorts competition in the Southern Voices block. Their El Mariachi-style film Grandma’s House, screened during the 2018 SXSW Film Festival. El Rey also acquired their award-winning horror short Three Legged Dog (Indie Grits – 2018, Best Dark Comedy Short Atlanta Underground Horror Fest – 2017.) Discepolo is featured in The Wrap’s Oscar Contenders Showcase 2019 for father-daughter connection drama Real.Live.Girl. An award-winning actor themself, they now spend most of their time behind the lens, audiences may recognize Bonnie as a participant on Robert Rodriguez’s docu-series Rebel Without a Crew. They are an alum of Boston University’s College of Fine Arts and the Moscow Art Theater School. Bonnie credits creative success to growing up and performing theatre in Columbia, South Carolina.