Molly Stark-Ragsdale is a director, producer, and editor whose work has been featured on major news networks and screened at Oscar-qualifying festivals across the U.S. and abroad. Her latest documentary, Idle Warriors, about environmental bounty hunters is set to premiere in 2026 after screening at the Banff Mountain Film Festival among others. Her pilot, Leonard’s Fourteen Lives, was selected as a semi-finalist for the Maven Screen Media and Stowe Story Labs fellowship, and a quarterfinalist for the Screencraft Screenwriting fellowship. Molly got her start in film as a Properties Assistant on Kelly Reichardt’s, First Cow. She worked under producers on shows Shrill and Chad, and as Director Peter Sollett’s Assistant on Netflix’s Metal Lords. She assisted Director Ruben Fleischer (Zombieland, Venom) on Sony’s Uncharted and worked in development for his production company The District (The White Lotus, Jury Duty Superstore). Growing up in the mountains of Montana with intermittent years living in Spain, Mozambique, and Brazil, Molly is now based in New York where, when she’s not working, she spends her time writing and battling the waves off Long Island as an amateur surfer. She's currently in post-production with her latest narrative short, I Want You To Have Richard, starring Oona Roche and Carrie Collier.