DIRECTOR - PRODUCER - COMPOSER - SOUND DESIGNER - STYLIST
G. CALDERWOOD
G. is an award-winning filmmaker, sound engineer, writer, director, and producer known for her multi-disciplinary work spanning independent cinema, music composition, and editorial fashion styling.
As a director and audio pro, she strives for psychological impact and emotional resonance in her work through refined aesthetic vision and immersive sound environments. Guided by a deep understanding of the psyche, the result is equal parts dreamlike, relatable, and achingly real.
Before the film industry, she worked in military intelligence, and is a Navy veteran. She is a Mandarin bilingual scholar & Columbia University alum. She is the lead director and co-founder of Kaleidoscope9.
I’m an intelligence worker turned film director. I want to create films that make people reconsider their worldview.
ACADEMICS
I graduated summa cum laude from Columbia University with a film degree, departmental honors, and a 4.0+ GPA in 2025.
I’m a member of Phi Beta Kappa (ΦΒΚ) and the Columbia honors society.
I also graduated from the Defense Language Institute in 2014 with a 4.0 GPA and honors.
LANGUAGES
I’m native in English, fluent in Mandarin. I have 10+ years in translation experience.
I ran and supported top secret operations. High pressure, high stakes, long hours. Recognized by DIRNSA and got a bunch of awards, skillsets, and mental scars for the low price of my eternal silence. Yeah, let's not talk about that.
PREVIOUS CAREER
G. Uses Apple / Adobe Workflow
LOGIC PRO - FINAL CUT - AFTER EFFECTS - PREMIERE - PHOTOSHOP - ILLUSTRATOR
ENGLISH & MANDARIN
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Once I discovered the parallel between dreams and visual storytelling in film, I realized this was a medium I could pour myself into. I like to make the audience think. I don’t think they need everything spelled out for them. A healthy level of confusion makes the film stay with them longer. Films you totally understand from the get-go are forgettable, in my experience.
NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL FILM AWARDS
VIP Interview with Grace Calderwood, director of the Short Film ‘Spectator'
FILM WORK
Make a Move on Me (Film, 2026)
Angela Fellows
Roles(s): Co-Director
No Escape (Film, 2025)
Brandon Wang
Roles(s): Producer, 1st Assistant Director
Butterfly (Film, 2023)
G. Calderwood
Roles(s): Director, Producer, Writer, Sound Designer, & Composer
Spectator (Film, 2023)
G. Calderwood, Columbia University
Roles(s): Director, Producer, Writer, Editor, Sound Designer, & Costume Designer
Made in Bangladesh (Film, 2023)
Theo X, Columbia University
Roles(s): Co-Producer
Dancing in the Quiet (Film, 2023)
Jeremy Suh, Columbia University
Roles(s): Producer
Dreamy Land (Film, 2023)
Bruce Mi, Columbia University
Roles(s): Actress (Elle - Mandarin speaking role)
The Weight of the World (Film, 2023)
Avery Layton, New York Film Academy
Roles(s): Composer
Ink Flower (Film, 2023)
Lulu Chen, New York University
Roles(s): Composer & Sound Designer
Pangea Organics (Commercial, 2022)
Marketing Media Update: Videos
Role(s): Set Designer & Stylist
Pristine (Music Video, 2021)
G. Calderwood
Role(s): Creative Director, Video Producer, Composer, & Actress
MUSIC & SOUND
Shelley: A Gothic Love Story (Animation, 2025)
Keith Walker
Roles(s): Sound Designer
Remnant (Film, 2024)
Brandon Wang
Roles(s): Sound Designer, Composer
The Weight of the World (2023)
Avery Layton, New York Film Academy
Roles(s): Composer
Ink Flower (2023)
New York University
Roles(s): Composer & Sound Designer
Pearl (2023)
Alternative Pop
G. Calderwood via Columbia Univ. Arts and Research Collective
Role(s): Composer & Music Producer
Orchestral Film Score (2023)
Columbia Univ. Live Silent Film Screening
Role(s): Composer & Conductor
Pieces (2022)
Experimental
G. Calderwood
Role(s): Composer & Music Producer
Impossible Girl (2022)
Alternative Pop
G. Calderwood
Role(s): Composer & Music Producer
Echo Chamber (2022)
Pop
Sofia Bianchi
Role(s): Composer & Music Producer
EDITORIAL
My NYC Nights (2024)
Fashion Institute of Technology
Style Cruze Magazine
Role(s): Model
Daydream (2022)
Scorpio Jin Magazine (Cover Shot)
Role(s): Director, Stylist, & Producer
Burke Williams Spotlight (2022)
Angeleno Magazine
Role(s): Stylist
Burke Williams (2022)
Marketing Media Update
Role(s): Stylist, Set Designer, Model, Talent Coach
Pangea Organics (2022)
Marketing Media Update: Photos
Role(s): Set Designer & Stylist
Graceful Summer (2021)
The Portrait Project
Role(s): Model
Relapse (2021)
Malvie Magazine
Role(s): Model, Co-Stylist, Co-Producer
Triumph (2021)
TSYM Magazine
Role(s): Creative Director
Vintage Voyeur (2021)
Boudoir Inspiration Magazine
Role(s): Co-Stylist & Model
THISTopia (2021)
Feroce Magazine
Role(s): Co-Stylist & Model
Uncomplicated (2021)
Vigour Magazine
Role(s): Stylist & Model
Urbanity (2018)
BeautyMute Magazine
Role(s): Stylist & Model
FASHION EDITORIAL
Daydream, Scorpio Jin (Creative Director, Stylist)
Burke Williams Spotlight, Angeleno Magazine (Stylist)
THISTopia, Feroce (Model, Co-Stylist)
Styling: Fashion Institute of Technology. Photography: Lisa Ramsay. MU: Annette Braas. Model: Grace
A Graceful Summer, The Portrait Project (Model, stylist)
Relapse, Malvie Magazine (Model, Co-Stylist, Co- producer)
Pangea Organics (Set Designer & Stylist)
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