Terésa Dowell-Vest is a three time Geoffrey Award (Santa Monica Theatre Guild) winning
director and a NAACP Theatre Award nominee.
Director, writer, actor (Stage and Film),
Production Designer (Film), Dowell-Vest has worked on stages and in films in New York City, Virginia, and Los Angeles. She recently served as the Production Designer on numerous feature films: “7eventy5ive” (2006, Brian Hooks, Rutger Hauer), “Flip the Script” (2005, Miguel Nunez, Jr., Robin Givens), “Wifey” (2005, Brian Hooks, Jazsmin Lewis), and “Showstoppers” (2007).
In 1999 wrote Vinegar Hill, a play commissioned by Live Arts Theatre in her hometown of Charlottesville, Virginia. Vinegar Hill was reviewed by the Pulitzer Prize board in 2001.
