Laura Terruso

Our guest this week is screenwriter, director and producer LAURA TERRUSO! 

Laura is a graduate from NYU’s graduate film program at the Tisch School of the Arts. Her feature film debut as writer, director, producer is FITS AND STARTS which premiered at SXSW 2017.  This comedy is about a struggling writer who can't seem to escape his wife's literary success. When a road trip to a publisher's salon takes an unexpected turn, he has to face his own creative shortcomings and find a way to regain control of his life and work.  

Laura also co-wrote and directed the comedy GOOD GIRLS GET HIGH which won the Audience Award at the 2018 Santa Fe Film Festival and currently holds a 100% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. HELLO, MY NAME IS DORIS, is a feature that Laura co-wrote and co-produced.  It stars Sally Field.  The film is about how a self-help seminar inspires a 60-something woman to romantically pursue her younger co-worker.  HELLO, MY NAME IS DORIS is based on Laura’s short film DORIS AND THE INTERN. NOW, the feature HELLO, MY NAME IS DORIS is released by Roadside Attractions and went on to become one of the top grossing indies of 2016. 

Laura directed the Netflix film, WORK IT.  It premiered worldwide as the number one movie on Netflix US in its first weekend and it remained in the top ten for two weeks! 

Laura is currently in post-production on the Lionsgate film ABOUT MY FATHER starring Robert DeNiro and Sebastian Maniscalco.

Instagram: @lauraterruso

WORK IT: https://www.netflix.com/ca/title/81132038

HELLO, MY NAME IS DORIS: https://www.netflix.com/ca/title/80050896

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