Nicole Eckenroad[edit]

Nicole Eckenroad is an American film director, screenwriter, actress and artist from Reading, Pennsylvania.

Early Life[edit]

Eckenroad was born and raised in Reading, Pennsylvania, where she was a painter. She graduated from Temple University in 2010 with a BA in film and media arts and in attended the American Film Institute Conservatory as a Directing Fellow.

Career[edit]

In 2015, Nicole directed The Groundskeeper, a The Storytellers: New Voices of the Twilight Saga film, one of seven original Twilight franchise shorts in partnership with Cathy Schulman (WIF), Stephenie Meyer, and Lionsgate. Nicole was honored at the Women in Film Crystal + Lucy Awards during the Voices of the Future segment and the film was presented at the ArcLight Hollywood followed by a Q&A with Stephenie Meyer. The film was written by Sarah Turi and follows the groundskeeper of the mental asylum Alice Cullen is imprisoned in, trying to help her escape from two newborn vampires who are trying to kill her. Nicole's first feature, Leave Yourself Alone , is a three-time award winning micro-budget verité film that depicts the lasting effect of a sexual assault on a young actress as two men film her struggle to land a break-out role.