Randi Barros is a screenwriter and a film editor. Her 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, Final Draft Big Break, Athena, the Austin Film Festival, and more. Her short screenplay, YES, is a semifinalist for the Outstanding Short Screenplays competition, and she will be directing the film in early 2024.
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.