Micky Levy

Micky Levy is a writer and filmmaker. She was born in Israel to cinephile parents and grew up watching movies and writing poetry and short stories in Hebrew. After arriving in Los Angeles by herself at the age of 17, Micky caught the eye of Alison Eastwood and Warner Bros. with her script RAILS & TIES. The film starred Kevin Bacon and Marcia Gay Harden and played in Telluride and TIFF, among other festivals of note. Micky has completed several book adaptations, including AMISH GRACE for which she received a Humanitas Prize nomination. She wrote, produced and directed the award-winning shorts PAGE’S GREAT AND GRAND ESCAPE and UNION. She is a Film Independent Screenwriting Lab Fellow, a Tony Cox Showtime Top Ten finalist, and her script SHE’S NOT GONE is featured on Wscripted's Annual Cannes Screenplay List. "Miracle Worker", published with Green Golem, is her first short story in English. She is also working on a picture book and her first novel.