Charlotte Wincott is a filmmaker originally from Virginia and holds a Ph.D. from New York University. She began making films with the aim of telling stories with scientific themes that are both entertaining and educational.  Her award-winning short films (Ping Pong Pigeons, Platitudes, and Dystopian Snow Globe) have been screened internationally and touch on topics related to mental health and psychology. 

Charlotte’s first feature film as a writer/director, The Issue with Elvis, is about a retired professor and runaway boy who meet in the mountains of West Virginia and become unlikely friends. The film premiered in June of 2021 at the Big Bear Film Summit in California and has gone on to win 14 awards, including two Best Feature Film awards at the Toronto Beaches Film Festival and the Hollywood Women’s International Film Festival, Best Original Film at the Poe Film Festival, and Best Dramatic Feature at the Cinematic Arts Redemptive Entertainment Awards. Charlotte also won Best Director at the Montgomery International Film Festival and Best Feature Screenplay at the Shawna Shea Film Festival. The film was distributed worldwide by Random Media and 1091 Pictures, with a release date in the spring of 2022.

Charlotte was honored with the Activism Award in by the Hollywood Women’s Film Institute for her work in the addiction space at the L.A. premiere of her documentary feature Fall Fight Shine. She has since completed two other features with mental health themes as well. A Philistine in Queens premiered at the Chinese Mann Theatres in Los Angeles (2024) and won Best Original Screenplay at the Golden State Film Festival as well as Best Feature (Drama) at the Down East Flick Fest. Piece of the Wall was completed in 2025 and premiered at the Marina del Rey Film Festival. It has since screened at the Toronto Independent Film Festival and the Ocean City Film Festival and has won multiple awards including Best Original Screenplay and the Audience Award.

Dr. Wincott was raised in a rural town outside of Richmond by an English professor and Fitzgerald scholar.  She grew up surrounded by cornfields and as a girl, she dreamed of one day moving to a big city.  Charlotte has spent most of her adult life between Los Angeles, New York, and Washington, D.C., where she currently resides with her husband Jeff and son Wolfgang.  Dr. Wincott works as a medical affairs professional; and spends her free time painting, cycling, and making films that she feels are meaningful.