During the day – and night – Corbett writes, makes pictures, and dreams of being an undertaker.

She is currently working on a surrealist thriller.

She has an MFA in Film and Television from USC and an MFA in Acting from NYU.

Corbett is a lover of the things we sometimes forget to see.

Biography

Corbett is a writer and visual artist.

When she is not writing, she is working in her studio – making photographs, etchings, collage, and experimental video.

After graduating from New York University in 1996 with an MFA in Acting, Corbett spent the next five years in New York City – creating live art, theatre and experimental performance. 

From 1999-2001, Corbett worked for New York City’s Metropolitan Opera Guild as a Teaching Artist, guiding the remarkable kids of New York City’s public schools as they wrote, designed, directed and performed in their own original operas.

In 2002, she conceived and conducted a poetry and creative writing program for individuals recovering from multiple disabilities acquired from complex injuries, mainly traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries. 

Corbett’s writing program received recognition from the state of New York -- and she, the writing program and the Poets were also featured in a front page article of The Woodstock Times. 

From 2006-2008, Corbett shot, directed and produced The Edge of Things, a feature documentary about Lucille, one of the astonishing poets in her writing program. 

In 2009, the film premiered at the Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival. The film was also an official selection at the Tacoma Film Festival in Washington. Michael C. Hall was an executive producer on the film.

During this time, Corbett was also teaching in the theatre department at the State University of New York in New Paltz. 

She taught Voice and Speech for the Stage. Her classes integrated physical and vocal training for the actor, as well as the conception and development of live, site-specific performance works. 

In 2009, she moved to Los Angeles to study film and television at USC. Corbett spent her time in the graduate program at USC making experimental films and honing her editing skills.

After USC, Corbett started a boutique production company in San Diego, cutting her teeth on a wide range of short-form commercial video content for the World Wide Web. 

From 2016-2017 she co-edited and associate-produced a feature documentary titled I’ll Push You. The film premiered at the Newport Beach Film Festival in 2017 and won the Audience Award for Best Documentary.

I'll Push You is now streaming on Amazon. 

Corbett is currently working on a collection of short stories, a body of photographic work and a multi-platform project.

EDUCATION:

MASTER OF FINE ARTS DEGREES (NYU, USC) Corbett has two MFA degrees: one from New York University in Acting (1993-1996), and another MFA from The University of Southern California in Film and Television Production.