About

Vesta Giles is a screenwriter / director and freelance writer (magazines and advertising) from Kamloops, BC, Canada. Her first Movie of the Week, Daughter for Sale  (Odyssey Media, Inc.), aired on the Lifetime Network in the US on Mother’s Day weekend in 2017 and her second, Dangerous Designs, is in development. She has other screenplays in the development stages as well. Vesta wrote and directed a short film, When I’m Dead, as part of the STORYHIVE Digital Shorts program in Kamloops in 2018. She is in the editing phase for two experimental short films on men’s mental health issues she wrote and directed as part of a team with Nolan McAllister and Nolan Chapman. Vesta has also written and directed a number of promotional and instructional videos for a wide range of local organizations. As one of the top three finalists for the WIDC Short Works Award: Kamloops edition, Vesta was paired with story editor, Linda Coffey to develop her dramatic short film script, A Moment of Your Time.