A Los Angeles & Virginia based film production company.
Dragon Hunter Productions is an independent film and audio production company focused on creating content that features parts of the country that are not often depicted on screen. Growing up in rural Virginia shaped our lives immensely, and our projects are focused on telling unique stories from both underrepresented locations and populations.
After beginning with a series of popular YouTube channels and short film projects that screened at prestigious events like VidCon, Dragon Hunter Productions co-produced the feature film To the New Girl (2020) which premiered at the TCL Chinese 6 Theatre on Hollywood & Highland on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The film won Best Feature by a First-Time Filmmaker at the Palm Springs Queen Palm International Film Festival, was awarded the Parity in Action Badge by Women in Media for its commitment to hiring women in positions above and below the line, and screened at a variety of other festivals around the country. It is now available streaming worldwide on Amazon, Apple TV, Tubi, Little Dot Studio’s Created By Women Channel, and the Alice Movies Channel among other outlets.
In 2023, we will be expanding our co-producing projects into an audio drama podcast, The Crime at Camp Ashwood, a limited mystery series set in the mountains of a North Carolina summer camp.
Laura Hunter Drago is an award-winning film producer, screenwriter, and occasional actress/model living in Los Angeles, California. Co-owner of New Girl Pictures LLC and Dragon Hunter Productions LLC, her award-winning feature film To the New Girl (2020) streams on Tubi among other platforms, short film, The Echo (2020) won runner up at the Coven Film Festival, and scripted audio drama St. Mary’s School (for children with the stigmata) which Laura edits, produces, and performs in, has become a popular podcast on Spotify.
After expanding into screenwriting in recent years, Laura won the Austin Film Festival for her Audio Fiction Script The Crime at Camp Ashwood in 2023. She has been a finalist in the Bellem Entertainment Fellowship with Stowe Story Labs, studied with Sundance Co//ab programs, and placed in numerous contests including the Top 50 of the Launch Pad Feature Competition, Top 15% in the Academy Nicholl Fellowship, Austin Film Festival, Shore, and Screencrafting Fellowship. Her thriller feature Kaleidoscopes is in the top 1% on Coverfly where it has been featured on The Red List.
Laura trained as an actress at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts with the Atlantic Theatre Company conservatory program, and holds a certificate from NYU’s Film & Television program. Laura is a proud member of SAG-AFTRA, Women in Media, and Women in Film Los Angeles.
