Mylissa grew up in Utah and then moved to the Pacific Northwest as a teenager. In her 20s, she lived in Seattle, where she documented the music scene, before relocating to Los Angeles to follow her passion for filmmaking.
She is a writer, producer, and director known for award-winning short films like That Party That One Night and Who Decides. She has won the Sun Valley Film Festival short film lab and participated in The Reykjavik Talent Lab in Iceland. She was a finalist in Screencraft for short story writing and short films. In 2020, she was a top 3 finalist for the Lynn Shelton “of a certain age” grant and is part of the Ryan Murphy Half Initiative mentorship program. In 2021, she released her debut feature film, Everything in The End, which was filmed in Iceland on a micro budget. The film was shown in over 40 festivals, winning multiple awards such as Best Narrative Feature, Best Directing, and Best Cinematography, and is now available on various streaming platforms. Her second feature film, The Long Run, is scheduled for release in 2025.
