Micky Levy () is an Israeli-American

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, and

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Early life

Micky Levy was born in

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and grew up in

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. Her first book of poetry, White Stoplights, was published when she was 15. Micky arrived in Los Angeles when she was 17 with just $700 in her pocket.

Career

Micky started her career acting in independent horror films. She worked for Academy Award Nominated screenwriter

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. Micky’s first produced film was the short, 2 on U, that she wrote and produced with Dayna Cussler. Micky's television pilot, LAM, won the Scriptapalooza Screenwriting Competition. Micky wrote the feature script '' Rails & Ties'', a

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film. Alison Eastwood directed the movie which starred

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and

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. '' Rails & Ties'' premiered at the

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in 2007. Micky wrote

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’s “ Amish Grace”, starring

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, for which she received a

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nomination and won the Epiphany Prize. Micky wrote “ Amish Grace” under the pseudonym Sylvie White. The film was co-written by Teena Booth. Micky wrote, directed and produced the documentary short "The First Time: Writing and Sex" that was lensed by

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. Micky wrote, directed and produced the narrative short film Page’s Great and Grand Escape. The short played the festival circuit including the

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and

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. Micky’s adaptation of

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’ novel, Dancing in the Dark (novel), placed in the top ten of the Showtime Tony Cox Screenplay Competition.

Filmography

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