Nora Kirkpatrick

In the past five years, Nora has created and/or written series for Amazon, Hulu, Comedy Central, and CBS, directing TV series for ABC, Hulu and FunnyOrDie. She was the first woman ever to direct a campaign for Bud Light and has gone on to direct campaigns for Nestle, Duracell, and Uber, among others.

She recently was a writer on Amazon's hit series, "Daisy Jones and the Six", produced by Reese Witherspoon, which debuted at #1 and for which the writing staff garnered a WGA nomination. Nora is a writer/producer on Amazon's upcoming series, "The Runarounds". Nora was a founding member and accordion player for the band Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, with whom she toured for seven years, winning a Grammy, and playing Letterman, Conan, Kimmel, Coachella, and Lallapalooza among others.

Previously, she sold her TV show, "Assisted Living", to CBS, which was produced by Will Ferrell and Jessica Elbaum. Her half-hour, "Best Seller", produced by Olivia Wilde, sold to Comedy Central, and she created/directed "Door No. 1", a first of its kind live-action VR comedy series, starring Snoop Dogg and Ravi Patel, for Hulu. She also created and directed a fifteen-episode murder mystery, "The Coop", for Eko and FunnyOrDie, guest starring Tony Hale, Bobby Moynihan and Margaret Cho.

Nora directed a pilot, "Royalties", starring Emmy and Golden Globe winner Darren Criss, and episode #712 of "The Goldbergs" on ABC. Nora has also played many roles in film and TV, including "The Office", "Greek", and "Shrinking".

She recently completed her her debut feature, "A Tree Fell In The Woods" produced by Lynette Howell Taylor and Sam Housman (A Star Is Born). And starring Josh Gad, Alexandra Daddario, Daveed Diggs and Ashley Park.