Minna Zielonka -Packer is a filmmaker and screenwriter, born and bred in New York City. Trained in fine arts and media studies, she received her professional education at Pratt Institute (MFA) in New York, and at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (BFA), and Dalhousie University, in Canada. She attended the famous High School of the Performing Arts in NYC, where she studied drama.

Her film credits include the award winning, The Apology (dir.Leslie Defrancesca), awarded a jury prize at the New York Womens Film festival, and Sabrina (dir.Sidney Pollack). She is the director and writer of the documentary, Back To Gombin (distributed by the National Center for Jewish Film). This one hour documentary has been selected by numerous film festivals including, The Los Angeles Jewish Film Fest. New Jersey Film Fest., Back East Film Fest, and has been broadcast internationally, including multiple broadcasts on Israeli and American television.

Zielonka-Packer was recently awarded a prestigious Fulbright Scholar grant to create the film The Lilliput, from her script, to be shot in Poland in Spring 2008. Her film crew is an international mix of talented professionals, headed by award winning cinematographer, Yori Fabian.