Sheila was born in Millgrove, Canada in 1978 and studied painting and photography before doing her Master´s degree at Concordia University in film production. As a writer, director and producer she has completed 11 award winning short films, including “The Red Virgin” starring Maribel Verdu (Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN) many of which screened at Toronto and Locarno Film Festivals. She maintains an active art practice working in photography and video art. Her work has been exhibited and collected internationally and is in the permanent collections of museums such as the Smithsonian Institute. She is a graduate of the Canadian Film Centre´s director´s lab and is currently based in Madrid where she founded the production company Luna 1 dedicated to female-driven projects. In 2022 she completed her first feature film, The Young Arsonists, which is currently on the festival circuit and was produced by Sonya Di Rienzo, Aeschylus Poulos and Agata Del Sorbo.