Letia Solomon

Letia Solomon is an awardwinning African American filmmaker based in Los Angeles CA She graduated from the University of California Riverside with a degree in Chemical Engineering and worked as a Materials Engineer in Aerospace before transitioning into a career of film She began acting at Choice Skinners Breaking Through Actors Workshop before she wrote and directed Elevate which won for Best Student Film in the 2017 Philadelphia Independent Film Awards To provide a platform for other talented filmmakers Letia CoFounded the African World Film Festival with Lights Up Entertainment in Detroit MI in 2016 She graduated from USCs School of Cinematic Arts with a MFA in TV Film Production and received the award for Outstanding Director of USCs 2020 First Look Faculty Awards Her thesis film The Cypher was nominated for the Best Student Film at the 2020 Tribeca Film Festival featured in CAAs 2020 Moebius Short Film Showcase and included in the 2020 ABFF HBO Competition Letia is committed to directing and producing film television and music videos that continue to uplift the voices of underrepresented communities