Teneille Newallo is an award-winning producer, actress, screenwriter, and director from Trinidad and Tobago who has also placed in multiple screenwriting and pitching competitions throughout North and Central America. Her first feature as writer-producer for the Trinidadian breakthrough film, The Cutlass, had a six-week theatrical run throughout the Caribbean region. She has been in the industry for over twenty years, bringing her unique perspective of Caribbean stories to the rest of the world. La Diablesse is her international directorial debut.