Laurie J. Gardiner is a writer, director, and musician who recently finished working on
Yellowstone and Mayor of Kingstown for Paramount+ after stints at Walt Disney Studios, FOX, GRB Studios, and Big City TV as an associate producer, story editor, and production executive.
Her films have aired on the BBC, Aspire TV, and Omeleto and have been featured at prestigious Oscar-qualifying film festivals such as Cannes, Martha’s Vineyard African-American Film Festival, and the Pan African Film Festival. Additionally, her screenplays have placed in the Academy Nicholl Fellowship for Screenwriters, Nashville Film Festival, and she was a second-rounder in the Austin Film Festival. She received her MFA from the USC School of Cinematic Arts.