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TRISH FULLER
Writer/Editor
Trish Fuller was born and brought up in Scotland she moved to London when she was 22 and worked as a runner for an editorial house where she eventually became an assistant and got to work with notable directors such as Jonathan Glazer , Frank Budgeon and Michel Gondry. Five years later she moved to Milan to work as a freelance editor/cutting assistant. While in Italy she got to work on a movie that Mel Brooks was starring in, she has some hilarious stories of hanging out with Mel and going to dinners with him.
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After her touch with stardom, she moved back to the heady streets of London for a couple of years and soon got the opportunity to relocate to NYC and help open up an editorial company.Since arriving in NYC Trish worked at Whitehouse Post and for the last 8 years is a senior editor at Work Editorial. Among other projects Trish has edited 2 movies, worked on Macy's campaigns directed by Barry Levinson , a Drug free America campaign directed by Eric Stolz which won a gold lion at Cannes, two short films directed by Jennifer Aniston and Kate Hudson both of which played at the Tribeca film festival. Most recently she has edited a "Huggies" superbowl spot, which won a Lion for editing at Cannes and AICP awards.
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Despite living in NYC for so many years, Trish has maintained her Scottish attitude , ties and sense of humor, that along with extensive editing experience has given her a unique writing style which is witty and uncompromising , this can be seen in abundance in "Burds".
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Trish works in NYC and lives in New Jersey with her Husband and two children.
ELAINE BRETT
Writer
Elaine Brett was born in Paisley, Scotland into an Irish working class family. In the early 90's Elaine graduated university of Glasgow with an Bachelor of Arts degree, then went onto get a Postgraduate Degree in Computing Science (the only woman on the course).
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After leaving university she moved to London and Brighton continuing in the male dominated world of computing. It wasn't long however before her hobby of writing comedy turned into a job at Capital FM South. She wrote and performed the station's top rated comedy show for two years running. At this time there were no other females working as main hosts and writers.
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Elaine moved back to Scotland and continued working in technology as she raised her two children. She still continued writing, winning the Scottish playwriting award for "Siege Perilous" . In 2018 she won an international competition to have a short story in an anthology called ‘The Piano’, published by Melius Scripto.
Elaine still has a wicked sense of humour and loves regaling her friends with the Scottish art of storytelling. She now lives in Paisley with her two children where the "Burds" is set.
CHERI ANDERSON
Executive Producer
Cheri Anderson hails far, far from Scotland: San Diego, California where it is 70 degrees year-round, and a drizzle is reason to stay home.
She and her bestie got their hands on a New Yorker magazine in middle school and dreamt of moving to the Big Apple one day to experience “real” theatre, seasonal wardrobe changes, and a meal at the Diner from Seinfeld. A few weeks after college graduation, she realized her dream; moving to NYC where she knew only one person, and where she remains to this day.
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Cheri’s career began in advertising and has spanned the Agency, Production and Postproduction world. She’s produced countless commercials, events, a short-lived game show, and a documentary. Currently Cheri is Managing Director of a female founded Production Company, JOAN Studios. She is a staunch champion of diversity and sustainability in our industry and her work has been recognized and celebrated with accolades from the ESPYS, EMMYS, Andy’s, AICP, The One Show, and Cannes Lions.
She lives between Brooklyn, NY and Millerton, NY with her husband, two children and a beagle.
