Fusion Stays Home: Gloria Calderón Kellett

Join us for a conversation with Gloria Calderón Kellett, the executive producer, co-creator, co-showrunner, director and actress on the critically acclaimed sitcom One Day at a Time. The event will be moderated by Bernie Torres (NYU ‘20), Fusion Film Festival Co-Director.

Calderón Kellett spent her early years as a writer/producer on numerous shows including Devious Maids, Rules of Engagement, and How I Met Your Mother. Her acting credits include Jane The Virgin, Dead To Me, How I Met Your Mother, One Day at a Time, and ABC’s upcoming United We Fall, for which she also wrote. In directing, Calderón Kellett has worked on episodes of One Day at a Time, Mr. Iglesias, Merry Happy Whatever, United We Fall and the Mad About You revival. This year, she launched a “Hollywood 101” web series with Buzzfeed’s PeroLike. The series offers free advice to new artists at the beginning of their entertainment careers.

Awards for her work include The Television Academy Honors, Mental Health America Media Award, ALMA Award, Imagen Award, NHMC Award, Sentinel Award, and The Voice Award. She has been honored as an industry leader by The Hollywood Reporter in their Top Women in Entertainment issue, the THR100 list issue, and their 50 Agents of Change issue.