Miranda Plant Byers has produced works for theatre, film, and television. In Toronto, Ontario she produced the award-nominated productions Deconstructing Broadway starring Seth Rudetsky (2010), and the Summerworks production of Ablaze (2009). She has also worked as an Associate Producer for the Paprika Festival in 2007 and 2008 under the direction of Natasha Mytnowych, and Tessa King. In Scotland she was the company manager and producer of the Edinburgh Fringe production of Tenderpits (2012) at Underbelly Theatre, which began with it’s New York debut at the Dixon Place Theatre, and 59E59. Her television experience includes work with the Emmy, BAFTA, Royal Television Society awards, Indie awards and Glenfiddich award-winning television and film company Optomen Productions (NYC) in the tv production department, working with the line producer on Mysteries at the Museum, Monsters Inside Me, and Haunted USA.
Her film, Greater Good (2018) in which she starred and produced all while 5 months pregnant, has toured the US, Canada, England, France, and Germany to 28 film festivals garnering many nominations and 10 awards. Favorite official selections include Oscar-qualifying Lighthouse International Film Festival, Fantasia Film Festival, Blood In The Snow, Sick Chick Flicks Film Festival, Aussie Workz Film Festival, Utah Film Festival, and Oxford International Film Fest. You can find out more about the film and it’s official selections and awards here, and you can stream the film now on Mubi.
She produced and performed alongside Broadway stars like Patrick Page and Christianne Noll in the new short musical film All The World’s A Stage (2024) written by Telly-Award winner Desiree Abeyta, created by Blackburn Finalist Sarah Bierstock, and co-produced with producer Jennifer Diamond. The short is now available for streaming through BroadwayWorld, and was recently featured on the International Coalition of Girls Schools online platform.
Her work as a Line Producer can be seen on the award-winning film When We Grow Up (2018), starring Cate Curtin (Stranger Things, Insecure), which claimed “Hoosier Best of Lens” (Indy Fest 2018) and is currently streaming on Amazon Prime. Other producer credits can be found on the short films Girls Gone Mild (2017); Cycle (post-production); Welcome, Stephen (2016); Van Cortlandt (2019); as well as the award-winning Darwin: The Series (2017); and Single Rules (2018).
In 2020, she was the lead producer of several projects including the Jessye Norman at 75: A Celebration virtual gala (winner of Best Concert of 2020, by Opera 360) featuring Anna Deavere Smith, Laverne Cox, Run DMC, Harolyn Blackwell, J’Nai Bridges, Measha Brueggergosman, Karen Slack, Russell Thomas, Justin Austin, Laquita Mitchell, and many more acclaimed artists, including a dedication from Gloria Steinem. She also produced the podcast shows BLACK OPERA LIVE, and BLACK OPERA LIVE: CANADA with Grammy-award winner Kenneth Overton, and is the co-creator and producer of the feature length documentary film, Black Opera (in development), which was awarded the PANO Microgrant in 2021. She completed development and production of George Shirley: Il Rodolfo Nero, for which she was recipient of the To.Get.Her. Chimaera Finishing Fund (2022).
Recent theatre production work includes her role as development producer of theatrical project Like, Subscribe, OBEY! with Whalen Entertainment which made Finalist of the 2023 Cayle Chernin Awards in Theatre (Equity Showcase Canada).
She is a proud member of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, the Documentary Producers Alliance, Families In Film, and the PANO Network (501c3). She has volunteered with the charitable organizations Make Our Movies Film Fest (MOM Film Fest), and the Moonshot Initiative (501c3). She has been a mentor with StateraArts, and a peer mentor with PANO Network, an all-female identifying film collective in NYC. She has been asked to jury for such programs as the Accelerator Program with the Moonshot Initiative, was a judge for the inaugural MOM Film Festival, the DCWebfest (9th edition), and a juried member for 2021 National Academy of Television And Sciences Emmy Awards©.
She believes strongly in championing female film and theatre artists, and has been able to assemble three all-female crews on different film and theatre productions. She is passionate about telling stories created by women that promote equality and diversity, and encourage that foster discussion on topics that motivate social impact.
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PODCAST
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Families in Film Podcast is an extension of Miranda’s advocacy for parents in the film industry. This is a co-production with Families in Film Canada, and features conversations with parents in the industry and how pregnancy and childcare have impacted their jobs and how they navigate the unique challenges of parenting while working in the film industry.
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