Directing
Nyala Moon
Known for
Directing
Credits
12 titles
Nyala Moon is an American filmmaker, screenwriter, and actress. Her work centers the lives of Black, queer, and transgender individuals, often blending bold comedy, emotional vulnerability, and autobiographical storytelling. She is best known for the short films How Not to Date While Trans (2022) and Dilating for Maximum Results (2023). In 2024, she was featured in the Whitney Biennial. Moon was born in Harlem, New York. She developed an early love for cinema while watching Turner Classic Movies with her family. Influenced by Sir Alfred Hitchcock, Western films, and Black independent filmmakers, she turned to filmmaking after working in the nonprofit sector supporting LGBTQ+ communities. Sh…
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NRIn a heartwarming Friendsgiving dinner, two women from different worlds, one masculine and one transgender, find love and acceptance amidst the holiday chaos. Sometimes, the most beautiful connections happen when we least expect them.
And Then There Was Her
2024
NRA break-the-fourth-wall, dark comedy that follows the dating life of a black trans woman and the problematic men she meets along the way.
How Not to Date While Trans
2022
NRA wacky, irreverent comedy about a Black trans woman who tries to dilate for the first time in four years in order to hook-up IRL with her online boyfriend.
Dilating for Maximum Results
2023
NRA sensitive five-year-old girl searches for comfort and ballast when a tragic event engulfs her family in grief. In a futile search for support, she drifts into a world of fantasy.
Come Find Me
2021
NRAn odd romance makes for the strongest anchor when Sara faces complications after gender affirmation surgery. (Description from GAZE 2021 programme).
One Last Deal
2020
Film credits
2020s · 4 titles
NRIn a heartwarming Friendsgiving dinner, two women from different worlds, one masculine and one transgender, find love and acceptance amidst the holiday chaos. Sometimes, the most beautiful connections happen when we least expect them.
And Then There Was Her
2024
NRA break-the-fourth-wall, dark comedy that follows the dating life of a black trans woman and the problematic men she meets along the way.
How Not to Date While Trans
2022
NRA wacky, irreverent comedy about a Black trans woman who tries to dilate for the first time in four years in order to hook-up IRL with her online boyfriend.
Dilating for Maximum Results
2023
NRAn odd romance makes for the strongest anchor when Sara faces complications after gender affirmation surgery. (Description from GAZE 2021 programme).
One Last Deal
2020
Behind the camera
NRIn a heartwarming Friendsgiving dinner, two women from different worlds, one masculine and one transgender, find love and acceptance amidst the holiday chaos. Sometimes, the most beautiful connections happen when we least expect them.
And Then There Was Her
2024
NRIn a heartwarming Friendsgiving dinner, two women from different worlds, one masculine and one transgender, find love and acceptance amidst the holiday chaos. Sometimes, the most beautiful connections happen when we least expect them.
And Then There Was Her
2024
NRA break-the-fourth-wall, dark comedy that follows the dating life of a black trans woman and the problematic men she meets along the way.
How Not to Date While Trans
2022
NRA break-the-fourth-wall, dark comedy that follows the dating life of a black trans woman and the problematic men she meets along the way.
How Not to Date While Trans
2022
NRA wacky, irreverent comedy about a Black trans woman who tries to dilate for the first time in four years in order to hook-up IRL with her online boyfriend.
Dilating for Maximum Results
2023
NRA wacky, irreverent comedy about a Black trans woman who tries to dilate for the first time in four years in order to hook-up IRL with her online boyfriend.
Dilating for Maximum Results
2023
NRA sensitive five-year-old girl searches for comfort and ballast when a tragic event engulfs her family in grief. In a futile search for support, she drifts into a world of fantasy.
Come Find Me
2021
NRAn odd romance makes for the strongest anchor when Sara faces complications after gender affirmation surgery. (Description from GAZE 2021 programme).
One Last Deal
2020