Up-and-coming director Liz Garcia is taking a turn in the spotlight too, with her coming-of-age drama, The Lifeguard. Garcia (whos worked on films for Disney and Fox) also wrote films the screenplay, which focuses on a 30-something girl who decides to move back in with her parents.
There is of course at least one other Pittsburgh connection to Sundance, and that is "The Lifeguard" starring Kristen Bell, a film set elsewhere, but produced here by Pittsburgh's own Mike Dolan with Liz Garcia directing who sounded like a passionate Pittsburgher by the time she finished shooting he