Kayla (pictured with GMM Executive Producer, Robert Barnhart) studied musical theater at the University of North Texas for two years. Shortly after, she moved to Austin, TX to study Radio-TV-Film at Austin Community College. She received certificates in both Production Management, and Technology. While enrolled, she interned for the hit PBS show, The Daytripper where she met Nate Locklear. After graduating, Kayla co-created and starred in the award winning web series, Once You Leave for which she achieved a Best Actor award and several nominations. Besides filmmaking, Kayla continues her acting studies with multiple coaches around town. And has worked on a number of short films, commercials and in many roles such as Assistant Director, Production Manager and Editor.
Kayla originally wrote a draft of God Made ManĀ as a short film back in 2009. Over the years she worked on transforming the script into a feature length film. In 2015 she handed the partially written draft over to co-writer, Nate Locklear who took the script and re-wrote it while trying to stay true to Kayla’s original intention, overall story and core characters. She also handed the direction and cinematography over to Nate, knowing and trusting his style. She felt she could better serve in a Producer function.
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