title: Andrea Janakas
text: # Andrea Janakas
  
  Andrea Janakas is an American writer and director from Boston, Massachusetts.
  
  Andrea's projects have garnered acclaim from festivals and notable mentors such as Rodrigo Garcia, Gill Dennis and Graeme Clifford. A recipient of an American Film Institute scholarship, she was awarded a Fuji Filmmaker Award for her film, Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves. The film premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival and stars Amanda Seyfried and Annie Quinn.
  
  Her television work includes co-writing the romantic comedy Holly's Holiday for Lifetime.
  
  She was a 2015 finalist for Nantucket Film Festival's Showtime's Tony Cox Episodic Screenplay (60 min) Competition.
  
  