Mila Rae Mancuso
001—Writing
002—Art Direction
003—Photography
004—Filmmaking
about me
Don’t worry, there’s enough of me to go around.
Mila Rae Mancuso (b. 2001) is a Brooklyn-based poet, screenwriter, and artist working within 16mm, 35mm, and 120mm analog film. She is haunted by Antonin Artaud's theatrical scenarios and a white rabbit with a pocket watch. She received her BA from Emerson College in Poetry and Experimental Filmmaking. Her work explores the surreal, domestic feminism, and the macabre. She recently finished writing her first feature film, Unknown Vintage.
Her work has been featured in Hobart Pulp, Revolutions Per Minute Film Fest, Old Pal Magazine, Inferno, Wingless Dreamer, and Millennial Pulp. She is currently a Poetry Reader for Passengers Press.
For commissions or collaborations, reach out to: milaraemancuso@gmail.com or @girlfromether.
Education
Emerson College
BA in Multimedia Studies: Creative Writing, Film, & Photography
Boston, Massachusetts
Publications
“Tiny Ponies Arrive in the Mail”
Poem, Featured in Dream Boy Book Club.
“Boy of Crows”
Personal Essay, Featured in Hobart Pulp.
“The Little Faces”
Poem, Featured in Old Pal Magazine, issue 6
“My Friend Angelfish”
Poem, Featured in Old Pal Magazine, issue 6
“Heaven was only...”
Poem, Featured in Old Pal Magazine, issue 6
“Junkyard”
Poem, Featured in Old Pal Magazine, issue 6
Emerson College
BA in Multimedia Studies: Creative Writing, Film, & Photography
Boston, Massachusetts
Publications
“Tiny Ponies Arrive in the Mail”
Poem, Featured in Dream Boy Book Club.
“Boy of Crows”
Personal Essay, Featured in Hobart Pulp.
“The Little Faces”
Poem, Featured in Old Pal Magazine, issue 6
“My Friend Angelfish”
Poem, Featured in Old Pal Magazine, issue 6
“Heaven was only...”
Poem, Featured in Old Pal Magazine, issue 6
“Junkyard”
Poem, Featured in Old Pal Magazine, issue 6
Experience
Arc + Bow
Art Director
March 2023 - Present
Passenger’s Journal
Poetry Reader
Nov. 2023 - Present
Cider Press Review
Editorial Assistant
June 2022 - Sept. 2023
Bond St. Salon
Lead Freelance Copywriter
Nov. 2022 - Feb. 2023
Meow Wolf
Marketing Intern
Jan. 2019 - Dec. 2019
SITE Santa Fe
Young Curator & Education Intern
Sept. 2017 - June 2019
Select Exhibitions & Awards
NEW YEAR / NEW WORK 2024 at The Film-makers’ Coop
Official Selection for “Case Study One: The Shrink”
April 23, 2024
Revolutions per Minute Film Festival
Official Selection for “Case Study One: The Shrink”
September 30th, 2023
HOUSE HOLD
@ Huret Spectar Gallery
“Happy Place” Featured
Nov. 21-29th, 2022
Secrets
@ SITE SANTA FE
Curator
April 6-23rd, 2019
Arc + Bow
Art Director
March 2023 - Present
Passenger’s Journal
Poetry Reader
Nov. 2023 - Present
Cider Press Review
Editorial Assistant
June 2022 - Sept. 2023
Bond St. Salon
Lead Freelance Copywriter
Nov. 2022 - Feb. 2023
Meow Wolf
Marketing Intern
Jan. 2019 - Dec. 2019
SITE Santa Fe
Young Curator & Education Intern
Sept. 2017 - June 2019
Select Exhibitions & Awards
NEW YEAR / NEW WORK 2024 at The Film-makers’ Coop
Official Selection for “Case Study One: The Shrink”
April 23, 2024
Revolutions per Minute Film Festival
Official Selection for “Case Study One: The Shrink”
September 30th, 2023
HOUSE HOLD
@ Huret Spectar Gallery
“Happy Place” Featured
Nov. 21-29th, 2022
Secrets
@ SITE SANTA FE
Curator
April 6-23rd, 2019
Projects
2024
Unknown Vintage
Original Feature-length Screenplay
Psychological Folk Horror, in circulation, 116 pages.
Lead Writer
"Sonnet 139"
Short Film
Digital, B&W and Color, Sound, ~30 min, forthcoming release.
Directed by Johnny Fort
Art Director & Set Decorator
Original Feature-length Screenplay
Psychological Folk Horror, in circulation, 116 pages.
Lead Writer
"Sonnet 139"
Short Film
Digital, B&W and Color, Sound, ~30 min, forthcoming release.
Directed by Johnny Fort
Art Director & Set Decorator
2023
"Case Study 1: The Shrink"
Short Film
16mm scanned to digital, B&W and Color, Found Footage, Sound, 5:35min.
Director, Writer, & Editor
Awarded Official Selection at Revolutions per Minute Film Festival.
“A Bride is a Lonely Polka Dot”
Short Film
Super 16mm scanned to digital, Color, Sound, 9min.
Director & Writer.
“Breakfast”
Short Film
16mm, scanned to digital, Color, Sound, 3:14min.
Director, Writer, & Editor.
“The Puppeteer’s Co-Op”
Short Documentary
Super 16mm scanned to digital, Color, Sound, 8:30min.
Producer.
2022
“Happy Place”
Video Art
MiniDV & Found Footage, 3-channel, Color, Sound, 3:14min.
Director & Editor.
“To Pamper is to Punish”
Video Art
MiniDV & Found Footage, Color, Sound, 3:14min.
Director & Editor.
Video Art
MiniDV & Found Footage, 3-channel, Color, Sound, 3:14min.
Director & Editor.
“To Pamper is to Punish”
Video Art
MiniDV & Found Footage, Color, Sound, 3:14min.
Director & Editor.
2021
“Twin-Flame”
Short Film
16mm Scanned to Digital, B&W, Sound, 5:04min.
Short Film
16mm Scanned to Digital, B&W, Sound, 5:04min.