Lia Bozonelis

Lia Bozonelis is a screenwriter, writer and producer based in Los Angeles. Her pandemic thriller feature Safer At Home, which she co-wrote and co-produced for Voltage Pictures during Covid lockdown, was distributed internationally by Vertical Entertainment in a full theatrical release and was acquired by Hulu where it premiered in June of 2021. Next up is her psychological thriller feature Ghosted, which she co-wrote and will produce with Meridian Entertainment, as well as her dramedy feature Deep Sea Baby, which is being packaged to shoot in Greece. Lia’s romantic comedy feature Eat, Drink & Be Married premiered worldwide , including on Canada’s W Network, before dropping domestically on UpTV in October of 2021 through its distribution deal with FilmRise. She also sold the romantic comedy feature A Taste of Love to Reel One Entertainment and completed a page-one feature rewrite of Gen Z comedy Summer Job for Gunpowder & Sky.Lia previously served as Head Writer and Consulting Producer of the feminist sketch comedy series Sorry Not Sorry for Go90, Sony-backed Astronauts Wanted, Complex Networks and DiGa Studios. She also created a four-part web-series Living Your Best Half Life, produced by Cafe.com. Additionally, Lia has developed film and television projects with Momentum TV, Atlas Entertainment and Haven Entertainment, among others, and wrote the female-driven action feature Girl Race under a grant from the Australian government.In conjunction with her own writing, Lia story consults on a myriad of feature and television projects and served four years analyzing projects to build a slate of sub $35MM original films for Netflix. She also consulted for Ridley Scott’s shingle Scott Free Productions, as well as OddLot Entertainment and George Clooney’s Smokehouse Pictures, and is a former reader for both film and television for HBO and Anonymous Content, among others.At the center of Lia’s career is her mission to help women rise within the entertainment industry. Lia finds fulfillment as a pro bono mentor and advisor to women, as well as within her cultural community of Greeks and Greek Americans. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Los Angeles Greek Film Festival, where she previously volunteered for over ten years. She also served as a jury member for the first-ever Greek International Film Festival of Toronto in October of 2021. In addition, and as a member of several women-in-film groups, Lia utilizes her strengths within these organizations to advocate for young, diverse voices to be heard through storytelling. She was recently a recipient of the prestigious 40 Under 40 Award from the Greek America Foundation for her professional and philanthropic contributions.Prior to moving to Los Angeles and while pursuing screenwriting, Lia worked as a staff writer for Fortune magazine, covering hard news across the globe, reporting from the Global Economic Forum in New Delhi, India, as well as the Brainstorm Tech Conference in Silicon Valley and the Brainstorm Green Conference in Los Angeles. She was also a speechwriter for the Managing Editor. Lia started her career in corporate communications for Time Warner and two of its subsidiaries, New Line Cinema and Picturehouse Films, in New York City. She first began writing screenplays during this time. She also worked as a Teaching Assistant for a graduate course in strategic communication at Columbia University.Lia is a graduate of George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs in Washington D.C. with a degree in Journalism and a minor in Music Composition and Theory. After graduation and before moving to New York, Lia taught English as a second language in various cities throughout Italy. She is conversational in Greek, French and Italian. Born and raised in New Jersey, Lia enjoys cooking, music, theater, travel, hiking and yoga and is a former company dancer.