Petol Weekes is the founder and producer for Glass Flower Films in New York. Originally from the island of Trinidad and Tobago, Petol came to New York at the age of 19 with the sole purpose of pursuing acting, which she did in small theatre productions. After years of strictly pursuing acting, she was cast in the Infinite Variety Production of 'A Piece of My Heart' by Shirley Lauro, which took her on an unexpected path. With IVP she quickly became involved in producing and stayed with the company as an actress and co-producer of the play 'These Shining Lives' by Melanie Marnich, and a co-producer of Eclipsed by Elizabeth Brogan, and 'Censored on Final Approach' by Phyllis Ravel.
Petol realized her true passion when she was given an opportunity to work as a Line Producer on Orion Studios award winning short film 'Metal Gear. She went on to write, direct and produce the short film 'Glass Flowers' which screened at various festivals in New York and Los Angeles.
She then branched out on her own by creating the production company, Glass Flower Films LLC, which has a variety of projects at various stages of production, such as My Take Webseries which can be viewed on Youtube and various social media platforms, the Short Film 'Loving Billy' and documentaries, 'In Their Footsteps' and And We Rise in post production. Petol is also the owner of GFF Creative, a soap company on Etsy.