Portrait of filmmaker Molly Vernon

Filmmaker · Houston

Crafting phenomenal stories

Filmmaker · writer · producer · assistant director · production manager · educator

Award-winning work across short and feature film, with more than seventy credits and projects spanning drama, science fiction, horror, and true crime.

Now / in development

Current work

Production still from Molly’s Writers Room era
In development

Sexy Nails by Aunt Tootsie

Comedy-horror limited series

Men in Cars movie poster
Screenplay

Trashman

Script2Screen reading · Houston

Selected work

Films that define the range

Short · Award

Red Pearl

2015 · Producer / Exec. Producer

NASA CineSpace Special Jury Award · PBS · Hollyshorts

Men in Cars poster
Short

Men in Cars

Writer / Director · Vernon-McKee

Short · Festivals

Lillian

2019 · Writer / Director

71 festivals · 89 wins

Feature

Dropa

Unit Production Manager / 1st AD

Streaming · sold

Short

Into the Light

Writer / Director · Vernon-McKee

Short

Abide

2017 · Director

Full filmmaking grid Pedigree / CV

Credits70+ film & television credits
RecognitionNASA CineSpace · festival circuit
LeadershipPast VP, Women in Film & Television Houston
TeachingCollege of the Mainland · HCC · Art Institute

About

A career built on set and in the classroom

Molly Vernon is an award-winning filmmaker whose work spans producing, directing, assistant directing, production management, and writing. Partnered for years with cinematographer Larry McKee under Vernon-McKee, she helped deliver a body of award-winning shorts before continuing under Molly’s Writers Room. She teaches film while remaining active in industry production.

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Available for production

Open to collaboration within your budget — producing, directing, AD, and production management.

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