Bio

April Moreau is a director with a passion for comedy. She is an alum of the AFI Directing Workshop for Women (AFI DWW+) and holds a BFA in Acting from the University of Michigan. She has also studied TV Writing at UCLA Extension and improv and sketch comedy at Groundlings and UCB.

April began her career as an actor, starring in more than ten national and regional commercials. She then stepped behind the camera and began directing digital comedy shorts, many of which had viral success on platforms such as Funny or Die and Elizabeth Banks’ WhoHaha. In 2018, she began directing narrative films and branded content. Her debut short, BITCHES BY THE SEA, screened in Paul Feig’s shorts contest at the Women in Comedy Festival, presented by HBO. Her subsequent short, RIDE IN PROGRESS, premiered at the Santa Barbara Film Festival in 2020. Her latest narrative project, HYSTERICAL, premiered at the Oscar-qualifying Florida Film Festival and went on to win “Best Global Short: XX” at the SCAD Savannah Film Festival.

April serves as the Co-President of the University of Michigan Entertainment Coalition and is a proud member of the Alliance of Women Directors and Film Fatales.

www.aprilmoreau.com