Janet Grillo

Janet Grillo, Arts Professor, has been a full time faculty member since 2012 teaching in the areas of Writing, Production and Producing and serving as Producing Area Head for 13 academic years. She is an Emmy Award winning Producer, a critically acclaimed, award winning Independent Filmmaker (Writer/Director/Producer) and a former Studio Executive (New Line Cinema). You can find trailers, clips, reviews and interviews for the feature films she has directed at www.janetgrillofilmmaker.com. Janet has served as Contract Faculty Senator for Tisch School of the Arts, is a Neurodiversity Advocate and the mother of an adult son the the Autism Spectrum.

Education

Wesleyan University BA, Magna Cum Laude Honors in Theater
NYU TSOA Dept of Dramatic Writing, MFA, Paulette Goddard Scholar