Bellevue Lifestyle · August 2026
Building Resilience Before the Crisis
“My hope is that every student leaves our program knowing three things: they matter, they belong, and they are not alone.”
About
Scilla Andreen is a filmmaker, entrepreneur, author and speaker whose career has unfolded at the intersection of storytelling, technology and human behavior.
What moves people?
From Hollywood and independent filmmaking to co-founding and leading a global streaming company for nearly two decades, raising capital, building mission-driven organizations and creating film-powered tools that open difficult conversations, Scilla has spent much of her life exploring one deceptively simple question: What moves people?
Her work has taken her from film festivals and classrooms to universities, boardrooms, corporations, conferences and communities around the world. Along the way, she has explored subjects including mental health, brain science, technology, relationships and the increasingly important role human connection plays in our lives.
Today, her conversations span storytelling, entrepreneurship, AI and technology, leadership, reinvention, mental health, women building what’s next and what it means to remain deeply human in a rapidly changing world.
She is also a mother of six, perhaps her longest-running education in human behavior.
At the heart of the work is a simple belief: stories move people, people change the world, and human connection may be one of the most powerful tools we have to level up humanity.
A Note
“I’ve spent my life telling stories because I believe what we feel shapes what we do.
A story can make us see someone differently. It can start a conversation we’ve been afraid to have, remind us that we’re not alone, or give us the courage to do something we didn’t think we could do.
Human connection is where change begins.”
Scilla
In the Press
South China Morning Post