Roy Wol

2022 Cannes Producers Network and SXSW Film Producing mentor Roy Gökay Wol is a PGA mark holding producer, a two time IFP fellow for episodic and narrative labs, and a 2021 EAVE (Luxembourg, France, Spain) fellowship recipient. He is a Third Culture Kid (TCK) and a serial immigrant who grew up/lived in Turkey, Argentina, Spain, Israel, Canada, the USA and is currently based in New York City running the critically acclaimed production company Studio Autonomous.
Roy is an intersectionality advocate and has dedicated his life into elevating underrepresented communities. His latest critically acclaimed feature film “The Garden Left Behind” won at SXSW and was named as one of the top 40 best LGBTQ films of all time by Rotten Tomatoes. The film provided jobs to 48 people from the transgender community and was selected as a case study by Film Independent, LA at 2020 Film Forum; "Americanish" won the 2021 Grand Jury prize at Heartland, CAAMFest, Asian American International, NY Asian FF and is the first American-Muslim rom-com directed by an American-Muslim Hijabi woman Iman Zawahry; “Autom Reign” (Gotham Lab project) is based on “Doppelbänger” (Fantasia FF) available on Gunpowder&Sky’s DUST Network by Emmy nominated Sundance alumni Sofian Khan; and Academy nominee Milcho Manchevski’s “Bikini Moon” with an all-star cast.