Manon de Reeper is a writer, director, and creative force whose work sits at the crossroads of art and conscience. After shaping the conversation around film as the founder and Editor-in-Chief of Film Inquiry, she stepped behind the camera to tell stories of her own - stories that linger, unsettle, and search for humanity in the dark.

Her first short, Uncontrol, a slow-burn horror exploring the horrors within, premiered on KweliTV and YouTube, followed by Radiant Choice, an experimental narrative set to Debussy’s Clair de Lune. She is now developing her first feature, the psychological horror Detain Me, an intimate descent into paranoia and guilt, currently in early pre-production with international partners and soon-to-be-announced attachments.

Manon is also the co-author of the forthcoming Animus graphic novel series from Aftershock Comics - in collaboration with Locke & Key, Daybreak & The Spiderwick Chronicles showrunner Aron Eli Coleite - and has co-founded two production companies: the U.S.-based Deviant Minds Productions with collaborator Anna Tran, and the Netherlands-based Fathom House, a creative studio and hub for genre storytelling.

From 2019 to 2024, she served as Vice President of Women of Color Unite, one of Hollywood’s most impactful advocacy organizations, where she co-founded the groundbreaking #StartWith8 mentorship program that has connected nearly 1,700 women of color with industry professionals. She now continues her work with the organization as VP of Development for its non-profit production branch.

Trained in Clinical Psychology (BSc) and Global Criminology (MA) at Utrecht University, Manon approaches filmmaking as both craft and inquiry, using horror, science fiction, and social realism to ask why we do what we do, and how we might choose differently.