Christina Cottles

Director: While You Were Freeing the World

Playwright, screenwriter, and filmmaker Christina Cottles has written, directed, and produced a short film, While You Were Freeing the World, a narrative about renowned entertainer Paul Robeson that most recently won an award for Best Cinematography at the Fade to Black Theatre Festival 2025 in Houston, TX. Her play, No Room at the Jim Crow Inn, was chosen for a staged reading at this same venue as well as at the Black International Theatre Festival in Winston-Salem, NC, in 2024. Her first play, A Sunday Morning Kind of Gal, has been produced for the stage in both Los Angeles, CA, and Baton Rouge, LA.

Christina started writing and directing television segments for a cable network profiling the personal lives of college athletes while an undergraduate student at USC. After earning a Master of Arts in theater, Christina was chosen to participate in writing programs sponsored by the USC School of Film and Warner Brothers Studios, in addition to being selected as a writing intern on a network television show through the Writers Guild of America, West.

Christina lives in Los Angeles, where she continues to pursue her passion for writing stories for both the stage and screen.