LJ Mooney

film producer and filmmaker

01The Work

Selected projects

Film poster for The Delivery — a young woman sits on a subway train, with the Athena Film Festival 2026 laurel and credits below.

Short film · 2026

The Delivery

Written and directed by — LJ Mooney

Produced by — Sushmita Debnath

Premiered — Athena Film Festival, 2026 Official Selection

Screened — LowLight Film Festival, 2026 Official Selection

Film poster for Virginaphobia — two figures intertwined on a bed, with the title in bold red type.

Short film · 2026

Virginaphobia

Production company — The One Train is Delayed

Directed by — Nonyi Usua

Written by — Maeve Sheehan

Produced by — LJ Mooney

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Film poster for Montage — a black-and-white grid of portraits with the title set in serif type at the center.

Short film · 2025

Montage

Production company — The One Train is Delayed

Directed by — Asha Ahn and Andrea Lopez Abarca

Written by — Asha Ahn

Produced by — LJ Mooney and Amelia Hemmings

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Film poster for I'm Sorry for Your Loss — a young man in a white shirt stands beneath a willow tree, with the title set in pale blue serif type.

Short film · 2026

I'm Sorry for Your Loss

Written and directed by — Asha Ahn

Produced by — LJ Mooney and Amelia Hemmings

Premiered — Athena Film Festival, 2026 Official Selection

02Experience

Experience

  • Mama Foundation for the Arts logo

    Artistic Programs & Creative Content Associate

    Mama Foundation for the Arts

    Producing creative content and artistic programming in New York.

    Jun 2026–Present

  • Hangtime International Pictures logo

    Development & Production Intern

    Hangtime International Pictures

    Coverage, pitch decks, talent research.

    Apr–Jun 2026

  • Barnard College Writing Fellows logo

    Writing Fellow

    Barnard College Writing Fellows

    Coaching student writers toward clearer, braver authorial voices.

    Sep 2023–Jun 2026

  • Quality 97 Studio logo

    Studio Videographer

    Quality 97 Studio

    Filming and editing performers on stage and behind the scenes.

    Sep 2025–Mar 2026

  • Campaign Productions LLC logo

    Post Production Intern

    Campaign Productions LLC

    Assisted a documentary filmmaker through interviews, research, and grant work.

    Jan 2024–Mar 2025

  • Barnard College Sloate Media Center logo

    Emerging Filmmaker Mentorship Fellow

    Barnard College Sloate Media Center

    Co-developed a short film from script to screen.

    Jan 2025–Mar 2026

03Education

Education

  • UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television logo

    MFA, Producing

    UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television

    Incoming graduate producing candidate.

    Aug 2026–Jun 2028

  • Barnard College logo

    BA, English Language and Literature

    Barnard College

    Concentrations in film studies and creative writing, minor in women's, sexuality, and gender studies.

    Reproductive Justice Collective, Meet Me at the Museum, Youth Democratic Socialists of America, Student Worker Solidarity, Echoes Literary Magazine, Bwog.

    Sep 2022–May 2026

Headshot of LJ Mooney smiling in a light blue graduation stole, with a statue and campus greenery behind them.

04About

Inclusion as craft

LJ Mooney is a New York-based producer and filmmaker working at the intersection of story, justice, and craft. A recent graduate of Barnard College (English Literature, concentrations in Film Studies and Creative Writing, minor in Women's, Sexuality, and Gender Studies), LJ thinks about inclusion as a craft discipline, not a checkbox.

05Press

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