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Ayn Carrillo Gailey

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Ayn Carrillo Gailey is the author of the popular memoir "Pornology" (Running Press U.S./Random House U.K./Roger Bernhard Germany) which was produced in 2020 by Jina Panebianco of MPS Entertainment Group/CaliWood Pictures and Nicholas Bogner and Melanie Greene of Affirmative Entertainment as the feature "A Nice Girl Like You," starring Lucy Hale (Pretty Little Liars) and Jackie Cruz (Orange Is The New Black).

Her writing career began in film school when she wrote scripts for Showtime and Fox. She earned her Masters in Fine Arts degree in Screenwriting and a B.A. in psychology at UCLA and a Masters from Harvard University.

In addition to her writing being highlighted in Latina, Cosmo, Documentary, and Elle, Ayn's scripts have been sold or produced by 20th Century Fox, 19 Entertainment, & Showtime. She has also been a guest on TV talk shows, was a featured author at The LA Times Festival of Books, and has appeared on KPFK radio, Maxim radio, Sirius Radio, and NBC Raw News.

She lives on a remote island in the Pacific Northwest with her daughter and husband, (Samuel W. Gailey), the critically-acclaimed author of "Deep Winter" and "The Guilt We Carry."

Her relationship columns "Sex Y LA" have been optioned by CaliWood Pictures and she is in the throes of finishing her debut novel and a limited TV series.

You can follow her at her on Instagram via @ayngailey
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    Lucy Hale and Leonidas Gulaptis in A Nice Girl Like You (2020)
    A Nice Girl Like You
    5.2
    • Writer(as Ayn Carrillo-Gailey)
    • 2020
    Sex Y LA
    Sex Y LA
    TV Series
    • Writer(creator)
      Behind the scenes shot provided by Grand L. Bush
      The Visitor
      7.0
      TV Series
      • Writer(as Ayn Marie Carrillo)
      Dead Man's Gun (1997)
      Dead Man's Gun
      6.9
      TV Series
      • Writer(as Ayn Carrillo)

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      • Lucy Hale and Leonidas Gulaptis in A Nice Girl Like You (2020)
        A Nice Girl Like You
        5.2
        • based on the memoir "Pornology" by (as Ayn Carrillo-Gailey)
        • 2020
      • Dead Man's Gun (1997)
        Dead Man's Gun
        6.9
        TV Series
        • writer (as Ayn Carrillo)
        • 1998–1999
      • Behind the scenes shot provided by Grand L. Bush
        The Visitor
        7.0
        TV Series
        • Writer (as Ayn Marie Carrillo)
        • 1998

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      • Clayton Howe's Entertainmentx (2018)
        Clayton Howe's Entertainmentx
        Podcast Series
        • 2018

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      • Lucy Hale and Leonidas Gulaptis in A Nice Girl Like You (2020)
        A Nice Girl Like You
        5.2
        • co-executive producer
        • 2020

      • In-development projects at IMDbPro

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        • Ayn Marie Carrillo
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        • Samuel W. GaileyNovember 28, 2002 - present (1 child)

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        • Asian, Hispanic / Latino / Latina / Latine, Native American / Alaska Native

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        First commissioned screenplays were written for Roland Emmerich's & Dean Devlin's Centropolis Entertainment, but never produced.

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