Laura Hunter Drago is a writer & producer in Los Angeles, California. Growing up a shy child in rural Virginia, Laura found her voice through storytelling.
A Film Independent Project Involve Writing Fellow, Laura’s work often follows women as they find their own voices within the fantasy and thriller genres. Her screenwriting has won the Austin Film Festival and the WeScreenplay Short Script Lab, among other accolades. As a former actress, she is passionate about creating work for women in the entertainment industry and fostering an environment of safety and inclusivity on any project she has a hand in.
She wrote and produced the Webby Award Honoree audio fiction series The Crime at Camp Ashwood, produced the feature film recipient of the Women in Media Parity in Action Badge To the New Girl, and the podcast, St. Mary’s School (for Children with the Stigmata) which The Mary Sue placed on a Top 10 List of Horror Podcasts. A guest speaker at creative content conferences across the country, Laura most recently spoke at the Podcast Movement Conference in Washington, DC.
Laura works with her two production companies: New Girl Pictures and Dragon Hunter Productions to create work she is passionate about. She is an alumna of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. And, though she now considers herself a retired and recovering actress, she remains a proud SAG-AFTRA member.
As part of Laura’s 2025 fellowshop with Film Independent Project Involve, Laura is writing a short film called TRAD WIFE that is slated for production in late June 2025.
The team behind this project is currently accepting tax-deductible donations. To learn more about the project, visit www.tradwifefilm.com.
The Crime at Camp Ashwood // Spotify
Audio Fiction Series: Desperate to finally solve the decades-old cold case of her best friend’s murder, Margot Ingell returns to the scene of the crime. Will the discovery of a long-lost diary reveal the killer, or will the secret forever remain at the bottom of Camp Ashwood’s lake?
To the New Girl, feature film // Tubi
Feature Film: Ten women attend an open mic night to read letters they’ve written to the new woman in their exes’ life.
St. Mary’s School (for Children with the Stigmata) // Spotify
Audio Fiction Series: A group of young women who were sent away to a mysterious boarding school as children because of their stigmatas reconnects in adulthood to learn the truth about what happened to them.
