Randi Barros is a screenwriter, director, and film editor. She recently wrote and directed the short film, YES, which is in the final stages of post production. The project is a finalist for the ScreenCraft Film Fund; the screenplay is a semifinalist in the Outstanding Screenplays and Shore Scripts competitions, and in the top 1% of Discoverable Screenplays on Coverfly's Red List. More information can be found here: YES.  Randi's feature screenplay, THE CHICKEN FESTIVAL, is a Nicholl Fellowship semifinalist and is in development. In addition to Nicholl, Randi’s screenplays have been honored by the Writers Lab, CineStory, The Grey List, Final Draft Big Break, Athena, the Austin Film Festival, and more.

Recent editing credits include YES, as well as the feature documentary, HEAVEN STOOD STILL: THE INCARNATIONS OF WILLY DEVILLE, which is currently playing in theaters and festivals worldwide and TRUSTING CHLOE, a comedy short that won several awards and was nominated for Best Editing at the Paris Film Festival. She edited the multi award-winning PBS documentaries, LIVES WELL LIVED and BOTSO: THE TEACHER FROM TBILISI, a New York Times critics pick.

Randi teaches film and storytelling at Cal Poly University, where she received the Learn by Doing Scholar Award in 2022. She attended the MFA Film Program at Columbia University and finished her MFA in TV and Screenwriting at Stephens College.

For more information about Randi's current film projects, go to www.mariposamovies.com