Suliya Gisele is a Brooklyn based director and production designer whose work is informed by her experiences as a woman of color.
She is drawn to filmmaking as a medium capable of directly reaching and reassuring those whose identities have relegated them to the margins. Her work as a director and a production designer creates an environment that engulfs the viewer into the world and experiences of the character. She believes that their environment is an extension of their being and does the speaking for them.
She is currently working on visual poems and narrative films aimed to celebrate and uplift the Black community.