In 2007, Wood made her feature film debut with the documentary film Wade in the Water Children, revolving around a violent neighborhood in New Orleans, Louisiana.

[1][2] Wood made her narrative feature film debut with White Girl which premiere at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival on January 23, 2016.

[3][4] FilmRise and Netflix later acquired distribution rights to the film.

[8] Wood has been married to producer and director Gabriel Nussbaum since 2009.

[9] The two operate the production company Bank Street Films.