* MBA, New York University
* BA, Boston College
* Teaches: The Business of Producing, Launching Your Film Career, Concept/Style/Storyboard, Defining The Screenplay, The Art of Adaption, Synopsis/Treatment/Outline.
* 29 Years performing arts experience
Lydia is a Los Angeles-based film producer experienced in studio and independent filmmaking. Her credits include the MGM release The Betrayed and In Memorium, distributed by IndieFlix. She has served as producing advisor and production consultant on several films. Her foray into producing in the mid 1990s began with a comedy filmed at the historic Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. On films ranging from $1.5 million to over $100 million, Lydia managed marketing and distribution spending (Savoy Pictures) and development and production spending (Trimark Pictures and The Walt Disney Co.) She ran production operations for Forward Pass Productions and oversaw spending on Ali, starring Will Smith, Jon Voight, Jamie Foxx and Jeffrey Wright. Lydia holds an MBA from New York University and BA in Economics from Boston College. In New York, she worked for veteran film producer Nancy Tenenbaum (Meet the Parents franchise, Sex Lies and Videotape) and Robert DeNiro’s acclaimed Tribeca Film Center during its early years. A Boston native, she is Co-Founder and Co-President of Tidal Wave Entertainment, LLC, a Los Angeles-based global film company.