About

Caroline O’Riordan is a writer, director, and health care activist from Massachusetts who writes catalyzing comedies about contemporary American life.

She developed her erotic thriller pilot, MATTHEW LINITY IN CRISIS, for The Tannenbaum Company, and is looking to set it up elsewhere. She was awarded Best Director at the 2024 Broad Humor Film Festival for her short film HUMAN CONNECTION, which starred Fernando Carsa of AppleTV+’s Acapulco. The film received an honorable mention at the Big Teeth Small Shorts Festival and screened at the Highland Park Independent Film Festival. She also wrote and produced the web series SOHO ART, which was featured on FunnyorDie.com.

She has been working in TV production in various capacities since 2018, most recently returning to work on the second season of Netflix's The Four Seasons. She previously worked as a staff writer for the podcast company PocketFM, assisted in the writers’ rooms for Acapulco S3 and Moonfall S1, and assisted producer Jerry Kupfer on the 30 Rock Reunion Special and Hunters S1 & 2. She also worked for director David Wain on Miracle Workers S4 and in development on a romantic comedy feature for Miramax. Before her television career, Caroline studied photography and worked as a producer in New York’s commercial photography industry.

She founded the group #Hollywood4CalCare, organizing our industry to make health care a human right in California.