Finalist, The Dark Roads Horror & Thriller Feature Competition (2026)
BIO
Eileen Álvarez is a Latina Multihyphenate from the Bay Area. The daughter of revolutionaries, she writes female-forward stories with a rebellious and subversive spirit. After earning an M.F.A. from The Actors Studio and spending a decade as a working actor, she caught the writing bug and wrote her award-winning dark comedy Grit which landed her literary representation. She's since gone on to staff on HBO Max's Close Enough and Sony/Netflix's Motel T, win first place at the Page Awards for her pilot Güera, and develop original TV series with WVE, The Tannenbaum Company and Westbrook Entertainment. Her short film Mama Retreat, the proof of concept for Ice Ice Baby, premiered at LALIFF and landed a licensing deal with Netflix. She is represented by Stagecoach Entertainment.