Vicky Wight

About

Wight’s directorial debut, THE VOLUNTEER, won Best Narrative Feature at the Urbanworld Film Festival in New York and starred Aunjanue Ellis, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Scott Wolf, Hill Harper, Mary Beth Hurt, Eisa Davis, and Noah Gray-Cabey. Most recently Vicky optioned the rights to Katherine Center’s acclaimed novel, THE LOST HUSBAND. Wight adapted the screenplay and will direct. She will produce her most recent script, Emmett, currently in preproduciton.

Her debut short film COFFEE was an official selection at SXSW and Wight was an associate producer on Sande Zeig and Dolly Hall’s feature, THE GIRL. She was a co-producer of the documentary APACHE 8, currently airing on PBS and produced Bridget Stokes’ HERMAN & SHELLY. Vicky spent much of her early career as Vice President of Artistic License Films, an independent film distribution company in New York, where she oversaw the distribution of over 60 titles. She has also been a marketing and distribution consultant for multiple distributors including IFC Films and Merchant Ivory.

Vicky graduated from the University of Texas at Austin where she received a Bachelor of Science. She was a founding partner at BEV Pictures, a film distribution company, and is currently a partner at Instant Pictures.