MANDY OLSEN COGMAN is Vice President of Feste Productions where she develops both film and television projects. She options and acquires IP and she has written a feature based on the acclaimed book RED WATER. She has spent a quarter century working in the entertainment industry as both an award-winning actress and an independent producer. She started at the Emmy Award winning documentary studio HOCK FILMS and went on to produce the acclaimed anti-war documentary A SOLDIER’S PEACE (directed by Kristen and Marshall Thompson) and her own short film POLLY. Acting credits include THE CUB (Official Sundance Selection, directed by Riley Stearns), FIVE DOLLARS A DAY (w/ Christopher Walken), and PLEASE GIVE (directed by Nicole Holofcener). As a theatre actor, she appeared in numerous NYC and regional productions, receiving critical acclaim for playing Helena in A MID[SUMMER] NIGHT’S DREAM and Leonide in TRIUMPH OF LOVE at The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey. Most recently, she executive produced the independent feature film HONOR STUDENT and produced the feature film AIN'T IT THOUGH alongside Samantha Soule, Michele Noble and Daniel & Addie Talbott. Mandy received her B.A. in Drama from the University of California-Irvine, where she graduated Cum Laude with Honors In Acting.