| Trisha Ray | |
| Nationality: | American |
| Occupation: | Filmmaker, Screenwriter, Producer, Actor, Editor, Sound Designer and Charcoal Artist. |
Trisha Ray is an independent producer, screenwriter, filmmaker, actor, editor and charcoal artist.[1]
In 2022, Ray finished the pilot episode of her 8-episode comedy series RECAST starring Lorelei Linklater, Eric Roberts Pooja Batra, San Banarje and Harry S. Murphy, and is currently in production of the season.
During her freshman year, while in California working at a printing press, Ray used her free time to complete her first feature-length screenplay Hola Armando and decided to quit school to pursue film production. She started interning for different production companies and learned every aspect of film production from being on set as a runner or production assistant, editor's help, demonstrator of new software and technologies at mall showrooms, until she was hired by a television network as an in-house producer.
In winter 2009, Ray and Banarje wrote a psychological thriller titled Bodhisattva, with Soumitra Chatterjee in the title role.[2] Ray wanted to play the role of Maya, but director San Banarje was not convinced by Ray's performance at the rehearsals and gave her the first day of shoot to prove herself, while looking for other actors to replace her on the second day. Her first day of shoot impressed the director and she did not need to get replaced. The entire film was shot in the home of Ray's mother who stayed in one room with their family pup Kalia until the day's shoot was over.[3]
In 2013, she co-wrote the thriller The Shadow Behind You, with San Banarje. This was followed by the 2013 Fall film Artisse written by Brian Stewart, that she directed. In winter 2013, she co-produced, and edited the dramedy Sex, Marriage and Infidelity for director-writer Richard Finger, starring actors Charlie O'Connell, Shannon Tweed, and her daughter with Gene Simmons, Sophie Simmons. All three films were released in 2014.
In 2015, Ray co-wrote the feature A Curry on an American Plate with the film's director San Banarje. The film starred Rick Fox, Charlie O'Connell and Andrea Guasch. In 2018 and 2019, Ray wrote and directed the thriller 6 Rounds of Chloe with Kamala Lopez and San Banarje in lead roles, and Alexandra Goel in the title role of Chloe. In 2020, Ray and San started their comedy series RECAST. The show, that was to shoot in Los Angeles, had to be delayed due to coronavirus, and filming started in November 2020 in Houston.
| Year | Title | Creadited as | Role | Notes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Director | Producer | Writer | Editor | Actor | ||||
| 2000 | Flipped | |||||||
| 2004 | Rebecca on the Phone | Short film | ||||||
| 2005 | Closure | Short film | ||||||
| 2006 | Bleep Love | |||||||
| 2007 | Money | Ira | ||||||
| 2007 | Federal Case | |||||||
| 2008 | Stanislavski in September | Short film | ||||||
| 2008 | Train | Short film | ||||||
| 2009 | Sugarbaby | |||||||
| 2009 | Terracotta | hitchhiker | Short film | |||||
| 2009 | Maya | |||||||
| 2010 | Cleaning Up | Short film | ||||||
| 2011 | ||||||||
| 2011 | Asha | |||||||
| 2011 | Marcha Atras | Short film | ||||||
| 2012 | Detect Early Save Life | PSA | ||||||
| 2013 | Physiotherapy | Short film | ||||||
| 2014 | Artisse | |||||||
| 2015 | The Shadow Behind You | Maggie | ||||||
| 2015 | Sex, Marriage and Infidelity | also casting director | ||||||
| 2017 | A Curry on an American Plate | also casting director | ||||||
| 2017 | Orphan Train | also casting director | ||||||
| 2018 | 6 Rounds of Chloe | also casting director | ||||||
| 2020 | Recast | also casting director | ||||||