Sandra Powers is a Peruvian-American writer and director working across animation and theater. Her 2026 animation directorial debut Bestias de la Muerte was awarded the Latino Film Institute's SPARK Fellowship by Netflix and went on to win the Audience Award at Animayo and the Jury Award at Etheria Film Festival. Notable festival selections include Sitges, Fantasia, Norwich, and LUCAS.

Bestias is the first release from Tropigoth Tales, Sandra's collection of macabre stories about misunderstood supernatural creatures, where the monsters are rarely what we should fear. As part of the collection, she is also writing Werewolf Camp, an original musical with DeVotchKa composer Nick Urata (Paddington, A Series of Unfortunate Events, Little Miss Sunshine), Powers Be Productions, and Theater Magdeburg in Germany.

A graduate of CalArts' Film program, she's directed over fifteen music videos and short films. Sandra made her stage directorial debut with the Brechtian-style musical The Great Soviet Bucket, produced by Beth Morrison Projects with support from the National Performance Network. Most recently she created the immersive theatrical experience BARDO, hailed by the Los Angeles Times as "full of wonder" following its LA premiere at United Theater before expanding to New York City. Her multidisciplinary work also includes serving as art director on the touring, Grammy-nominated opera Black Lodge, presented by Opera Philadelphia, Malmö Opera, and Folkoperan (Sweden).

Alongside her work as a creator, writer, and director, Sandra has built an extensive career in animation as a three-time Emmy- and Annie-nominated editor, with credits including Disney's Marvel's Moon Girl and the Devil Dinosaur and Elena of Avalor, and Nickelodeon's The Legend of Korra. She is currently Lead Editor on Flying Bark Productions' Netflix series Clash of Clans.