Effusive Films is a female-centric entertainment company run by wife and husband team Michal Sinnott & Joseph Schollaert out of their Virginia mountain home. The writing and producing team makes diverse, entertaining, enlightening, commercial feature films and television with a lens towards social equity in spirit and execution that shed light and shift consciousness in order to help heal our fractured world. Effusive Films’ canon centers women in front of and behind the camera and places and fosters women in leadership roles. Michal & Joseph’s female lead first feature, Unpacking, is 100% Popcorn Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes and streams AmazonPrime & Tubi. YOYOs, with Linda Purl & Patrick Duffy, directed by Lynda Reiss, is in Post Production. Effusive Films has 8 other projects on its film slate. Films in Development: The Unwedding Silver Surfers Girls Gone Woo The Universe(s) of Us Luck of the Irish The Witch of Pungo Swamp Chase
TV series in Development: Anxiety Monster & Man-Child Make Amends
APPLICANT'S BIO
Michal Sinnott is a classically trained storyteller. Her first narrative feature, 'Unpacking,’ as co/writer-directorproducer-actor now streams Amazon Prime as 100% Popcorn Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes after screening in 25 fests (Cinequest, RIFF, Sedona) and winning 17 awards (incl. Best Actress -Michal, Best of Fest, Best Ensemble, Audience Choice, Rising Star Director). Her second feature as a co-writer/ producer/actress, YOYOs (with Linda Purl & Patrick Duffy), is in Post. SAG-Aftra & Equity, she’s appeared in 75+ roles for radio, television/film, theatre, video games, and performance art, including companies/institutions as diverse as ABC, Sundance and The Whitney Museum of American Art and is best known as the performance capture artist for Tracey De Santa in the $11 billion dollar phenomenon Grand Theft Auto V. Her plays have received staged readings and awards in VA (Theater Virginia) and L.A. (The Blank Theatre). She was lead Producer on the Tanzania unit for her magical realist feature, 'The Universe(s) of Us,' that shot drone footage with the Maasai. ‘TUoU' was a Sundance Screenwriting Lab second rounder, top 15% for the Academy Nicholl Fellowship, and recipient of Big Vision Empty Wallet’s Kickstart Diversity Program. She recently relocated to the mountains of Virginia with her husband (and writing/producing partner) Joseph to focus full-time on creative life. A former flight attendant and three time cancer survivor, she’s traveled thirty+ countries on six continents. She is a dual citizen to the U.S. and Ireland. michalsinnott.com
Effusive Films LLC
Effusive Films is a female-centric entertainment company run by wife and husband team Michal Sinnott & Joseph Schollaert out of their Virginia mountain home. The writing and producing team makes diverse, entertaining, enlightening, commercial feature films and television with a lens towards social equity in spirit and execution that shed light and shift consciousness in order to help heal our fractured world. Effusive Films’ canon centers women in front of and behind the camera and places and fosters women in leadership roles. Michal & Joseph’s female lead first feature, Unpacking, is 100% Popcorn Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes and streams AmazonPrime & Tubi. YOYOs, with Linda Purl & Patrick Duffy, directed by Lynda Reiss, is in Post Production. Effusive Films has 8 other projects on its film slate. Films in Development: The Unwedding Silver Surfers Girls Gone Woo The Universe(s) of Us Luck of the Irish The Witch of Pungo Swamp Chase
TV series in Development: Anxiety Monster & Man-Child Make Amends
APPLICANT'S BIO
Michal Sinnott is a classically trained storyteller. Her first narrative feature, 'Unpacking,’ as co/writer-directorproducer-actor now streams Amazon Prime as 100% Popcorn Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes after screening in 25 fests (Cinequest, RIFF, Sedona) and winning 17 awards (incl. Best Actress -Michal, Best of Fest, Best Ensemble, Audience Choice, Rising Star Director). Her second feature as a co-writer/ producer/actress, YOYOs (with Linda Purl & Patrick Duffy), is in Post. SAG-Aftra & Equity, she’s appeared in 75+ roles for radio, television/film, theatre, video games, and performance art, including companies/institutions as diverse as ABC, Sundance and The Whitney Museum of American Art and is best known as the performance capture artist for Tracey De Santa in the $11 billion dollar phenomenon Grand Theft Auto V. Her plays have received staged readings and awards in VA (Theater Virginia) and L.A. (The Blank Theatre). She was lead Producer on the Tanzania unit for her magical realist feature, 'The Universe(s) of Us,' that shot drone footage with the Maasai. ‘TUoU' was a Sundance Screenwriting Lab second rounder, top 15% for the Academy Nicholl Fellowship, and recipient of Big Vision Empty Wallet’s Kickstart Diversity Program. She recently relocated to the mountains of Virginia with her husband (and writing/producing partner) Joseph to focus full-time on creative life. A former flight attendant and three time cancer survivor, she’s traveled thirty+ countries on six continents. She is a dual citizen to the U.S. and Ireland. michalsinnott.com