Not content with an already impressive career in front of the cameras, Quinn Shephard has ambitions to make waves as a filmmaker too, and if her directorial debut is anything to go by then the future looks bright for this New Jersey born talent.

The 22 year old debuted Blame - her thought provoking and nuanced drama about the romance between a withdrawn teen and her English teacher - at this year's Tribeca Film Festival, and the project was instantly praised by critics as a 'startlingly confident debut'. Shephard, who wrote, produced, directed and starred in the film has since signed with top talent agents WME and while she continues to work as an actress, having recently wrapped filming Desiree Akhavan's YA drama The Miseducation of Cameron Post alongside Chloë Grace Moretz and Sasha Lane, she firmly sees her future as being behind the lens.