Phyllis Stuart

Since earning her Bachelors of Fine Arts from Tisch School of the Arts at NYU, Phyllis Stuart followed a winding creative path developing her personal potential while also serving the community. After three decades testing the elasticity of her skills, Stuart is now an accomplished creative force across a variety of disciplines. Using art, media and advocacy filmmaker, Stuart directs, writes and produces media to protect the innocent and exploited and to advance gender parity. Her latest film, Wild Daze was forged by a fierce desire to save the African wildlife and protect women, children and indigenous forest peoples. For the last six years, Stuart has crafted a film that focuses on the many threats facing African wildlife including human population explosion, human and wildlife conflict, climate change, trophy hunting, poaching, rebel militias, and crime and corruption. Stuart traveled to nine countries to film 100 activists, artists, scientists and conservationists. Though Wild Da