Lilian Mehrel

Lilian Mehrel is a film maker and MFA directing student at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, class of 2014. She wrote and illustrated the biographical book MUCHIJOON as a Dartmouth Senior Fellow. As a James B. Reynolds award winner, she created and directed YALA Peace, a creative leadership program for diverse young girls in Tel Aviv-Jaffa. Her unorthodox background includes working at Seeds of Peace and the U.S. Department of State's Foreign Service Institute. Lilian also loves to act, having performed in theater throughout her time at Dartmouth as well as in films. She especially enjoys performing improv comedy. Maira Kalman called her work "epic and cinematic... full of heart and curiousity." Lilian Mehrel promptly fainted.