The Transcenders
Nominated for Best Director
Montana Cypress
Montana Cypress is a writer/director/actor. Originally from the Miccosukee Tribe located in South Florida, he is currently a member of the Native Voices Theatre Ensemble situated at the Autry. He is a winner of the Von Marie Atchley Excellence in Playwriting Award, Semi-Finalist for the Eugene O’ Neill Playwriting Conference and was recently featured at the Miami International Film Festival for a film he wrote, directed and produced titled “Two Brothers”. His full length play “Hurricane Savage” received a staged reading as part of a First Look Series at the Autry and his full length comedy “A Christmas In Ochopee” will be produced at the end of 2020. His short film “Thunderdance” which he wrote, co-produced and acted in was a runner-up at the National AT&T Create-a-Thon Contest partnered with Warner Brothers.