Biography

Letia Solomon is an award-winning African American filmmaker based in Los Angeles, CA. She graduated from the University of California Riverside with a degree in Chemical Engineering and worked as a Materials Engineer in Aerospace before transitioning into a career of film. She began acting at Choice Skinner's Breaking Through Actor's Workshop before she wrote and directed "Elevate," which won for Best Student Film in the 2017 Philadelphia Independent Film Awards. To provide a platform for other talented filmmakers, Letia Co-Founded the African World Film Festival with Lights Up Entertainment in Detroit, MI in 2016. She graduated from USC's School of Cinematic Arts with a MFA in TV & Film Production and received the award for Outstanding Director of USC's 2020 First Look Faculty Awards. Her thesis film, The Cypher, was nominated for the Best Student Film at the 2020 Tribeca Film Festival, featured in CAA's 2020 Moebius Short Film Showcase, and included in the 2020 ABFF HBO Competition. Letia is committed to directing and producing, film, television and music videos that continue to uplift the voices of underrepresented communities.