Bea Hesselbart is an independent filmmaker who was born in China and raised in Portland, Maine. In her film work, she is drawn to explorations of the creative process itself and is intrigued by uncertainty, unknowns, and incompatible truths. She is interested in disrupting norms and deconstructing myths through speculative, fragmentary narratives. Her latest film, So That Tonight We Might See (2023), recently premiered at the Camden International Film Festival. She is a graduate of Smith College and the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies.