Bettina is writer/director of the documentary film Finding Daylight.
Finding Daylight tells the story of two families who lost loved ones on 9/11 and who struggle to reclaim their lives in the aftermath. Here is a link to the trailer: https://vimeo.com/610134351
Finding Daylight is planned for a 2022 release. The story is told through mixed media in the form of paintings and drawings, music and audio and filmed interviews.
The ongoing research which the film is based on has been accepted into the permanent collection of the 9/11 Memorial and Museum of lower Manhattan.
Bettina is a former HBO Films managing story editor and development executive and has had her screenplays optioned. She is based in Los Angeles.
At HBO she contributed to the films; Mrs. Harris, American Splendor, Angels In America, Boycott, Conspiracy, Dinner With Friends, Empire Falls, Fever, Gathering Storm, Hysterical Blindness, If These Walls Could Talk, Lackawanna Blues, The Laramie Project, The Life and Death of Peter Sellers, Live From Baghdad, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Real Women Have Curves, 61*, Something The Lord Made.
She is a published author contributing to film related books and the author of articles for film related magazines.