I'm Michelle Iannantuono - filmmaker and Unreal Engine generalist with 10+ years full time experience. Over the course of 12+ shipped titles, I have brought a unique combination of narrative skills, team management, and hands-on technical prowess to games, film, and other digital experiences. My films have frequently leveraged Unreal Engine to create new media, combining human performances with immersive 3D worlds. Previous feature film credits include 2018’s LIVESCREAM, which was nominated for a Rondo Award and won Best Director at Nightmares Film Festival; 2020’s DETROIT EVOLUTION, a queer transformative fan film in the Detroit Become Human video game universe that has surpassed 2.5 million views on YouTube; and 2023’s LIVESCREAMERS, which won the George A Romero Fellowship at Salem Horror Film Festival. My upcoming short, LAZZO, was funded by the SC Indie Grants and is fully animated in Unreal Engine 5. I gained experience directing on a motion capture stage, with guidance from our performance capture director Neil Newbon.

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I'm Michelle Iannantuono - filmmaker and Unreal Engine generalist with 10+ years full time experience. Over the course of 12+ shipped titles, I have brought a unique combination of narrative skills, team management, and hands-on technical prowess to games, film, and other digital experiences. My films have frequently leveraged Unreal Engine to create new media, combining human performances with immersive 3D worlds. Previous feature film credits include 2018’s LIVESCREAM, which was nominated for a Rondo Award and won Best Director at Nightmares Film Festival; 2020’s DETROIT EVOLUTION, a queer transformative fan film in the Detroit Become Human video game universe that has surpassed 2.5 million views on YouTube; and 2023’s LIVESCREAMERS, which won the George A Romero Fellowship at Salem Horror Film Festival. My upcoming short, LAZZO, was funded by the SC Indie Grants and is fully animated in Unreal Engine 5. I gained experience directing on a motion capture stage, with guidance from our performance capture director Neil Newbon.

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I’m Michelle Iannantuono - filmmaker and Unreal Engine generalist with 10+ years full time experience. Over the course of 12+ shipped titles, I have brought a unique combination of narrative skills, team management, and hands-on technical prowess to games, film, and other digital experiences. My films have frequently leveraged Unreal Engine to create new media, combining human performances with immersive 3D worlds.

Previous feature film credits include 2018’s LIVESCREAM, which was nominated for a Rondo Award and won Best Director at Nightmares Film Festival; 2020’s DETROIT EVOLUTION, a queer transformative fan film in the Detroit Become Human video game universe that has surpassed 2.5 million views on YouTube; and 2023’s LIVESCREAMERS, which won the George A Romero Fellowship at Salem Horror Film Festival.

My upcoming short, LAZZO, was funded by the SC Indie Grants and is fully animated in Unreal Engine 5. I gained experience directing on a motion capture stage, with guidance from our performance capture director Neil Newbon.

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