Awards
WINNER -- Mentorship Award and Featured in Variety!
QUARTERFINALIST -- Screenplay Competition 2022, The Wanderer
QUARTERFINALIST -- Screen Craft Film Fund, American Retail
HONORABLE MENTION -- Big Apple Film Festival Screenplay Competition, American Retail
HONORABLE MENTION -- Big Apple Film Festival Screenplay Competition, The Wanderer
BEST ACTRESS -- Philadelphia Independent Film Festival 2019, Butterflies
BEST SHORT FILM -- Philadelphia Independent Film Festival 2019, Butterflies
SEMI FINALIST BEST SCREENPLAY -- Big Apple Film Festival 2019, Truth, Incorporated
BEST SCREENPLAY (written by) -- Kew Garden's Film Festival 2018, Butterflies
Education:
NYU Tisch School of the Arts: BFA Acting, 2013
- Minor Psychology
USC School of Cinematic Arts: MFA Film and Television Production, 2028 (In progress)
Press Highlights (Acting)
"Ms. Summers's portrayal of the teenage Melanie ~ is mesmerizing. Her face is a roadmap of her emotions, her dark eyes windows into the depths of her pain..."
-- Broadway World
"Summers' imbues her character with authenticity and passion"
-- Broadway World
"Summers delivers a damn fine performance and quakes with emotion and energy..."
-- Film Threat
"Everything about Butterflies, from Summer’s authentic performance, its visual presentation, music, and story structures, works together to tell a compelling and visually stunning story."
-- Film Threat
Butterflies writer and star Carlotta Summers addresses bullying, empowerment article here.
-- Star Democrat
"Lead actress gives an honest and brave performance."
-- IMDb Review
Press Highlights (Writing)
AMERICAN RETAIL
FEATURE FILM (Written By):
QUARTERFINALIST Screen Craft Film Fund 2023
HONORABLE MENTION Big Apple Film Fest Screenplay Competition 2023
"This is a really good, bold, well-written, informative and important script...The writing is smart, bold, slick and fresh. The content and style are both really good."
-- Slamdance Review 2021
"Attractive roles abound, from a talent perspective...it feels as if there is a market for this story and a need for it to be told."
-- The Black List Evaluation, 2021
"There is a certain grayness about [the characters] that makes them appear very human and unpredictable, a quality that could be compared with how Martin Scorsese projected such shady individuals in Taxi Driver."
-- Screen Craft, 2023
"This script slings a shocking BOMBSHELL --style wrecking ball...Rife with cynical yet spot on social commentary and an engaging emotional through-line, this script delivers a lasting impact that will echo beyond its final pages."
-- The Black List Evaluation, 2021
THE WANDERER
PILOT TV SERIES (Written By):
WINNER Slamdance Mentorship Award 2022
QUARTERFINALIST Slamdance Screenplay Competition 2022
HONORABLE MENTION Big Apple Film Fest Screenplay Competition 2023
"An engaging and compelling read from page one, The Wanderer is full of themes that resonate including overcoming racism, legacy, [and] finding one's truth-self...making it very timely."
-- Slamdance Review, 2022
"...just poetic...once again I am just left with chills..."
-- Slamdance Review, 2022
Resumé Download Here
Interviews / Red Carpet
