Production Designer, Costume Designer, Cat Lover

Sydney Paolercio is a filmmaker originally from Lakeland, Florida. Growing up, she was a ballet and modern dancer before wanting to pursue film. As a kid, she often found herself tuned in to Turner Classic Movies with her mom where she discovered some of her favorite films like East of Eden and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. On the other hand, she also watched films like Transformers and Fast and Furious with her dad. Her creative pursuits were deeply encouraged her entire life: She went from writing poetry and short stories as a kid to learning the piano and continuing dance as a teenager until she finally found her way to film school as an adult. In undergrad, she took up student journalism and even began writing and copy editing for a newspaper. In the end, all of these things made Sydney the person she is today and made her decide to pursue an MFA in Production Design at Florida State University.