Meredith Riley Stewart, Jennifer Sorenson, and Alethea Root first came together as a team in 2015 with their viral parody Orphan is the New Orange, which was named one of the Top Ten Short Films of the Decade by ItsaShort.com. Since then, they’ve continued to build on their creative partnership with a series of successful short films, including No Backsies (a comedy about life during the pandemic) and See Me (a virtual reality exploration of women reclaiming their bodies from the patriarchy).

 

In 2022, they launched their production company, Aegis Creative Media, and released their first feature film together, For When You Get Lost, a dark comedy about family, dysfunction, and craft beer. The film has won five awards across five festivals, including the Audience Award for Best Comedy at the Austin Film Festival, where it had its world premiere. It also had a successful theatrical run on the West Coast and is now available on Apple, Amazon, and Vudu.

 

Individually, each of the filmmakers has produced notable feature films. Meredith Riley Stewart produced and starred in The Greatest Inheritance, alongside Mena Suvari and Jaleel White, which was distributed by Vertical Entertainment and is currently available on Amazon. Alethea Root produced, directed, and co-wrote Part Time Fabulous and Good Side of Bad, which won multiple awards, including Best Director, Best Feature/Grand Jury, Audience, Screenwriter, and Best Actress. Jennifer Sorenson produced Suffer, a sci-fi/western starring Naomi McDougall Jones, set for release in 2025.

 

Currently, Aegis Creative Media is in development on its next feature, Church & State, based on the Off-Broadway play of the same name.