Lorene Scafaria

Lorene Scafaria is an American filmmaker, actress, singer and songwriter from Holmdel, New Jersey, who staged a play in Red Bank as a teenager and studied English with a theater minor at Montclair State University. She started out in New York with a play she wrote, directed and acted in, then took theater and small film roles while her writing career stalled. Her adaptation of Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist reached the screen in 2008. She wrote and directed The Meddler (2015) and the crime drama Hustlers (2019), a critical and commercial success, and she also wrote and directed a 2012 post-apocalyptic romantic comedy, her first turn behind the camera. For television she directed for Succession, New Girl and Childrens Hospital, and her Succession episodes Too Much Birthday and Living+ brought Emmy nominations. She has released two albums of original songs, Garden Party and Laughter and Forgetting.