Lina Roessler

Best known as the director of Best Sellers, Lina Roessler is a Canadian actress, writer and producer. Born in Toronto, she pursued English and creative writing at Concordia University, trained at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, New York, and studied film production at York University. She appeared in Canadian and Canadian-based television and film productions before writing a collection of 50 short stories and adapting one into a short screenplay, which she shot in Los Angeles during pilot season. After the short film earned a prize at its first Rhode Island festival, she made several more shorts and then her feature-length directorial debut, Best Sellers, starring Michael Caine and Aubrey Plaza. The film screened at Berlinale Special Gala. She also received several awards from the Rhode Island International Film Festival and is a 2018 Berlinale Talent alum.