Destinee McCaster

is an Arizona-gone-LA director, editor, actor, and producer, freshly graduated from the University of Southern California with a BFA in Film and Television Production.

As a queer, female, biracial storyteller, she constantly seeks to utilize her own underrepresented experiences and ideas as someone navigating life alongside companies and creatives that aim to define and deliver fresh forms of storytelling to audiences everywhere. She loves exploring the universalities found in stories of growing up, queer womanhood, and artist identity. Drawn to pairing statements with dark, visceral storylines, she currently enjoys working psychological horror and surrealism into her filmmaking. She has worked across mediums of film, design, animation, and new media to amplify visual, emotional stories that impact a wide range of audiences. Her most recent film, “Cabbage,” has been awarded at festivals including NFFTY (Programmers’ Pick + Audience Award), Santa Fe International, and Essence Fest.

It is currently streaming on Gunpowder & Sky’s well-known horror network ALTER.