“My path has been anything but ordinary. Through each chapter, I’ve stayed rooted in my values, allowing the work to unfold with intention, patience, and vision.”

Dandy Noel is an author and filmmaker whose work explores friendship, resilience, and the quiet moments that shape who we become. Through long-form storytelling across memoir, film, and community-based projects, she creates spaces where lived experience can be witnessed with honesty and care.

Her debut memoir, Luna Court, traces a formative cross-country journey taken in the early 1990s, following two teenage girls as they travel through music, uncertainty, and the search for belonging. Rooted in real events, the story reflects a deeper inquiry into identity, connection, and the meaning we carry forward from our earliest experiences. Luna Court is currently being developed for the screen.

Dandy earned a Bachelor of Arts in Communications with an emphasis in Film from California State University, Fullerton, and later completed a directing program at The Los Angeles Film School. She spent more than a decade working in and around the Hollywood production world, gaining hands-on experience across creative development, storytelling, and the realities of bringing projects from concept to screen.

Her creative work is shaped by a lifelong process of reflection and integration — a way of listening more than explaining. Rather than offering answers, her stories invite presence — allowing readers and viewers to recognize themselves within shared human experience. This approach extends beyond the page, informing collaborative storytelling initiatives and a long-term vision for story-centered spaces dedicated to rest, renewal, and healing.

Across all mediums, her work is guided by a belief in storytelling as a connective force — one that reminds us we are not alone, and that meaning can emerge through listening, patience, and truth.

Dandy lives and works in California, continuing to build projects that move from story to screen to shared experience.