Cody Stickels is a filmmaker who crafts heartfelt, character-driven stories that celebrate comfort, humor, and resilience. He is a 2025-2026 Chicken & Egg (Egg)celerator Lab cohort member and was selected for the 2024 Film Independent Documentary Story Lab. Cody’s last film won the audience award for Best Documentary at New York City’s NewFest Film Festival and screened internationally at BFI Flare, Inside Out, and Woodstock. He graduated from New York University with a BFA in Film & TV and an MA from NYU’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study, earning an Award for Outstanding Interdisciplinary Work.
FILM
A Night at Switch n’ Play profiles the Brooklyn based drag and burlesque collective Switch n’ Play. Queer in every sense of the word, SNP spans the gender spectrum in life and on stage.