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She was raised in Oregon. Raven studied dance, choreography and theatre in her undergraduate studies before receiving her MFA in Film from New York University, Tisch School of the Arts.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"CourierNewPSMT","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:CourierNewPSMT"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"CourierNewPSMT","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:CourierNewPSMT">Soon after completing her MFA, Raven wrote and directed her first feature film <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">LOW</b>, which was an official selection in over two dozen international film festivals. She was a founding member of the SLAMDANCE Film Festival, and was a finalist in the INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS Swatch Someone To Watch Awards. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"CourierNewPSMT","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:CourierNewPSMT"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"CourierNewPSMT","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:CourierNewPSMT">Raven wrote and directed three films for the Showtime Cable series WOMEN. In 2000 Raven moved to Berlin after receiving the DAAD Berliner Künstlerprogramm Artist in Residency in Film, followed by the NIPKOW Fellowship. After attending the prestigious MOONSTONE DIRECTING WORKSHOP, her feature script <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">SNIPE</b> was supported by the IRISH FILM BOARD. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"CourierNewPSMT","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:CourierNewPSMT"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family: "CourierNewPSMT","sans-serif";">In 2007 Raven wrote and directed the independent feature, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">STRIDE. </b>Currently Raven lives in Philadelphia, PA where she writes and directs theater and film. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><br><span style="font-family: "CourierNewPSMT","sans-serif";"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family: "CourierNewPSMT","sans-serif";">Raven's current project is THE KINDERWALD TRILOGY, a series of three films inspired by dark fairy tales about children lost in the woods. <br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family: "CourierNewPSMT","sans-serif";"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"CourierNewPSMT","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:CourierNewPSMT">Raven is currently an Assistant Professor at Drexel University, in the Department of Cinema and Television.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"> </p>