PROJECT NEWS!


I Don’t Dream In Spanish Anymore is the WINNER of the 2024 Nantucket Film Festival Tony Cox Screenplay Competition for Best Feature Screenplay. Click the image below for the IndieWire Article!

I Don’t Dream In Spanish Anymore, is a WINNER of the 2024 Athena Film Festival’s Black List-inspired selection of unproduced screenplays focused on female leadership. Click the image above for the Hollywood Reporter Article!

We were honored to be part of the IFA and SAG-AFTRA Chicago’s 2024 Edition of their “At The Table” Series with I Don’t Dream In Spanish Anymore. We had an incredible turnout for a rainy Monday evening and a phenomenal group of actors who brought my words to life. Click HERE for more photos courtesy of Screen Mag!

Film Poster Design by @yercreative

Shot entirely in Times Square on Election Day 2020, The Last Election and Other Love Stories screened at festivals worldwide in 2021 and 2022. Stay tuned for what’s next!

Photo of filmmakers Miguel Silveira and Missy Hernandez at the Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival 2021.

The filmmakers and their stars at the  Maine International Film Festival 2021. (left to right: Kimber Monroe, Missy Hernandez, Miguel Silveira, Khadim Diop, and Xisko Maximo Monroe.

The filmmakers and their stars at the Maine International Film Festival 2021. (left to right: Kimber Monroe, Missy Hernandez, Miguel Silveira, Khadim Diop, and Xisko Maximo Monroe.


AMERICAN THIEF continues its festival run as an official selection of Oldenburg Film Festival, Urbanworld Film Festival, Woodstock Film Festival, Indie Memphis, Portland International Film Festival and has been acquired for North American distribution by Film Movement!

Follow @americanthiefthemovie on instagram and @americanthief on Twitter for the latest news and info on upcoming screenings!

American Thief Poster with Laurels


Chicago Industry Exchange Lab Filmmakers include Beah Travis, Donald Conley, Missy Hernandez, Charlotte Hong Bee Her, and EP Christina Shaver.

Missy’s Feature Script, has been selected for the Cine Qua Non Revisions Lab, NALIP Media Market, Chicago Independent Producers Lab, and Chicago Industry Exchange Feature Development Lab! Click below to learn more about the project:

I DON’T DREAM IN SPANISH ANYMORE

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Missy’s TV Pilot FAMILY MEDICINE is a Finalist for Script Pipeline’s 2020 TV Writing Competition, a Semifinalist for The Script Lab’s 2020 Screenplay Contest, and gets a special write up from Missy’s Alma Mater, Columbia University School of the Arts Film. Read the article highlighting Missy & her work here.

American Thief premieres to a sold-out drive-in audience as the centerpiece film of the 23rd annual Maine International Film Festival!

Photo by John Meader

Photo by John Meader


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Check here for information about I DON’T DREAM IN SPANISH ANYMORE - Missy’s documentary film in production.

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Missy’s new documentary project was awarded a grant from the City of Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events!


Missy’s feature script, was named to the 2019 Columbia Blue List!

Missy is Associate Producer of “Random Acts of Flyness” now airing on HBO!!!

To see past projects and what Missy has in the works, click here.

Photo by J. Wakamaya Carey

Photo by J. Wakamaya Carey