Nancy H Riley
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Brief Biography

Nancy Hendrickson Riley (known professionally as Nancy Hendrickson) has a BFA in Drama and an MFA in Screenwriting. She is co-creator of the current Youtube web series and Amazon Prime spec pilot series "Boomers." Other writing credits include over 50 promos for The Disney Channel, PSA’s, radio spots, optioned screenplays and numerous articles for Creative Screenwriting and MovieMaker magazines. She has taken 1st Place Austin Film Festival's screenwriting competition, been a finalist in the Sundance Screenwriter’s Lab, AFI's Directing Workshop for Women and the Eugene O'Neill National Playwrights Conference, as well as a semi-finalist in the Don and Gee Nicholl Fellowship. She is the writer-director of three award-winning short films, and the recipient of a Kodak grant along with four writer-in-residence grants. She taught screenwriting, production, acting, and directing at Pepperdine University, Montclair State University, UCLA Extension, The Los Angeles Film School and New York Film Academy. She is a member of the Writers Guild of America West, The Alliance of Women Directors and a former member of Actors Equity Association and SAG-AFTRA. Riley has taught at CSUN since 2010 and she serves on the Film Production Portfolio Review Committee, the Film Production Option's Thesis Selection Committee and currently produces the annual Screenwriting Showcase.

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