Paige Blankenship

Paige received her Bachelor of Arts in Film Studies with a Leadership Studies minor from the University of North Carolina Wilmington. She started directing documentaries at age thirteen, making her way to award-winning director by the age of twenty-three with her short documentary 'Walker World: A Work in Progress'. In 2016, Paige founded and operated a creative production company in Downtown Wilmington, producing commercials for local businesses as well as start-ups at the UNCW Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship. She then founded the NC fILM forum in 2017, based in Wilmington, NC, which still meets every month to this day. Paige produced countless commercial projects around North Carolina before she relocated to Los Angeles in 2018. Recognizing her passion for the business side of filmmaking, Paige pursued different positions as an aspiring line producer. She worked at a talent agency assisting various talent agents before working as the client director for an entertainment law firm in Beverly Hills. On the weekends, Paige freelanced as a UPM, 1st Assistant Director, and Production Coordinator around Southern California. After working in various roles on independent projects, studio features, and television, she was inducted into IATSE 871 as a Coordinator. In her spare time, Paige attended UCLA School of Law extension program with a focus on Entertainment Law, earned her certificate in Production Accounting from Entertainment Partners Academy, served as an ambassador for the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, and is still a member of both the Television Academy and the Hollywood Radio & Television Society. Paige currently works as the Line Producer at creative production company, Blink.