Glory Filmworks

Filmmaker, ACTING COACH, Traveler, Dancer, Songwriter, Lover of God and people!Here's my career biography:Sandra Hodge has been in the entertainment industry for over 15 years, and made her feature film directorial debut with “the TRUTH the PAIN the SACRIFICE: an actor’s reality”, which won the Silver Medal Award at the Houston International Film Festival. She started 2000 as one of only nine recipients of the BILL COSBY SCREENWRITING FELLOWSHIP at the University of Southern California. On full scholarship at UCLAx as a Frances E. Williams Artist Grant winner, Sandra received her Certificate in Film Writing in June 2007.As Executive Assistant to actor-writer-director-producer Laurence Fishburne, Ms. Hodge assisted Mr. Fishburne in all areas of film, television, and theater production, acting as his personal liaison on all projects at home and abroad. Warner Bros.’ “The Matrix”, HBO’s “Always Outnumbered,” and a Broadway production of “Lion In Winter” are just a few of the widely acclaimed projects Hodge worked on during her tenure with Mr. Fishburne.
For MGM Studios in Hollywood, Ms. Hodge served as assistant and directing apprentice to Kevin Hooks on the feature film “Fled” as well as a featured dancer in another MGM film entitled “Hoodlum” directed by Bill Duke.
 Hodge made her stage directorial debut with the full-length play with music entitled “A Taste of Life,” which was mounted at the 1200 seat Wilshire Ebell Theater in Los Angeles. As a producer-writer for Black Entertainment Television, Ms. Hodge wrote, produced and edited their Emmy Nominee Dinner and Awards Presentation held at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills.
While General Manager and staff director for the New York based production company, P.O.V., Inc., Ms. Hodge honed her directing skills under the tutelage of Broadway produced Director and Choreographer, Otis Sallid, co-conceiver of the Tony nominated musical “Smokey Joe’s Cafe.” P.O.V. is where Hodge says she acquired most of her production experience from major commercials with McDonald’s, Ford and Polaroid to episodic television to music videos to Broadway musicals.
Before leaving New York for the sunshine of California, Ms. Hodge served as Production Coordinator for the first season of the sketch comedy series the “Apollo Comedy Hour,” as well as production manager for several of Riviera Films music videos.
As an independent, Hodge served as Producer and Executive Producer of the feature film (written & directed by Michael J. Holland) entitled “A Part of Me,” which had its world premiere at the American Film Institute’s (AFI)/Los Angeles International Film Festival. From there the film was requested to participate in the AFI’s Independent Film Retrospective at the prestigious Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.
With a Finance degree from the University of Notre Dame, where she received the LeClair Eells Award for writing, producing and directing her play “Living Memories,” Ms. Hodge went on to do post-graduate studies at the Goodman School of Drama, the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, New York University, UCLAx and the University of Southern California.
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