AUTUMN McALPIN (she/her) is an award-winning writer, filmmaker, and owner of Side Gig Productions. She wrote, directed, and produced the feature film, Miss Arizona, starring Johanna Braddy, Dana Wheeler-Nicholson, Robyn Lively, Missi Pyle, & Steve Guttenberg, which premiered at the 2018 Bentonville Film Fest where it won the Audience Award for Best Feature. Miss Arizona also received IMDB’s Reframe stamp of approval for gender-balanced films, was nominated for Best Score at the 2018 Hollywood Music in Media Awards, and was acquired by Cinedigm and released theatrically and on streaming/VOD in 2019.

Autumn co-wrote and produced the 2015 Netflix feature film, Waffle Street, starring James Lafferty and Danny Glover, which won several awards on the festival circuit and was released worldwide by MarVista Entertainment. She also wrote, produced, and directed award-winning short films, Shadow and Another Time, as well as several PSA campaigns, and is the author of the best-selling graduation gift book, Real World 101: A Survival Guide to Life After High School, and the literary memoir, But Jesus: A Conversation. A graduate of USC’s Master of Professional Writing program, Autumn’s play, In Front of the Children, won first place in USC’s 2015 Writing for Stage and Screen Competition. Autumn is a member of Women in Film, Film Fatales, and the Alliance of Women Directors. To view Autumn’s projects, visit sidegigproductions.com