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Barbara Nicolosi-Harrington is the founder of Act One, and is currently the Chair Emeritus of the Board of Directors. Originally from Portsmouth, RI, she has a Masters in Cinema from Northwestern University, and is an adjunct professor of screenwriting and cinema at Pepperdine University. Nicolosi-Harrington is a member of the WGA-West. She wrote Mary, Mother of the Christ, with Ben Fitzgerald (The Passion of the Christ) for a 2010 wide-release by MGM. The movie stars Al Pacino and Peter O’Toole and will be directed by James Foley (Glen Gary Glen Ross). She wrote a contemporary resetting of Jane Austen’s Persuasion, called Polosuasion for IMMI Pictures in Beverly Hills, and is currently writing Fatima, for Origin Entertainment in Manhattan Beach. Nicolosi-Harrington is the co-editor of the 2006 Baker Books release, Behind the Screen: Hollywood Insiders on Faith and Culture.

In addition to running the writing programs at Act One, Vicki is a screenwriter and story analyst who consults for several production companies in Hollywood. Prior to Act One, Vicki was the Managing Director of the Writer’s Table at Origin Entertainment, Director of Development at Hero Pictures, and Executive Producer at the VoiceAmerica Networks. She earned her degree in Theatre from the University of California, San Diego, where she also got her start working under luminary directors Des McAnuff (Jersey Boys, Tommy, How To Succeed) and Michael Grief (Rent) on several pre-Broadway productions at the Tony award-winning La Jolla Playhouse. She then went on to teach and direct theatre at San Dieguito Academy, where she won several state-level awards for teaching and directing. Vicki is also an alumna of the Act One Writing Program and Executive Program and was named Alumna of the Year in 2007.

Clare Sera is a graduate of the inaugural class of the Act One Writing Program. The script she penned that year led to a contract with DreamWorks Feature Animation under the mentorship of Karey Kirkpatrick. Recent projects include the animated feature Inspector Kammo, based on a pitch she sold to Klasky Csupo/Paramount, the live action feature, Captain Abdul’s Pirate School for Paramount/Nickelodeon Films and the rom-com/family film Blended for Warner Brothers. She and writing partner, Ivan Menchell, recently sold a pitch called Daddy’s Girls to Walden Media and her directorial debut Pie ‘N Burger (a short film she also wrote for the Glenville Film Project and Act One, Inc) took first place at the Mosaic LA Film Fest in 2008.