Hyten Davidson is a NYC-based writer, SAG actor, and graduate of The Hartt School Conservatory where she received her B.F.A in Acting, summa cum laude. She is classically trained and a graduate of the Accelerated Meisner Program at Green Shirt Studio in Chicago.  

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As a writer, her fiction has been published in New Reader Magazine, The Maine Review, and Landlocked Magazine. Her screenplays have won numerous Best Screenplay awards, detailed in the Writing section. Recently, her horror audio drama Come to Mama was produced by the award-winning The NoSleep Podcast. Listen here. Hyten was just named the recipient of the Mary W. Shelley Scholarship Fund from the Horror Writers Association. 

 

 The West Virginian Starfish,  written and co-directed by Hyten, took home the "Best Short Film" award at the famed Long Island Film Expo and the Bergen International Film Festival. The Flip Side, a short she co-produced and stars in, is currently in the festival circuit, most recently a nominee for Best Short Film at the Cindependent Film Festival. Next up, her upcoming feature, a psychological thriller titled Something of a Monster is slated for a 2025 release date.

 

Hyten is one third of the team behind Maternity Leave Films, now gearing up for their sophomore feature. 

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