(she/her) A former Broadway assistant director, Nicole Pouchet is a published novelist and produced screenwriter. She is the head writer for Zombie Orpheus Entertainment’s award-winning fantasy TV series, STROWLERS. Her horror/social thriller short, RETCH, premiered at the Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) in 2019. She was thrilled to film her directorial debut, an episode of STROWLERS which she also wrote, in Copengahen in 2019. Nicole continues to write/direct projects that incorporate social commentary into genre film.
Nicole is a Board Member for the Northwest Screenwriters Guild and a guest lecturer for the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business. She graduated from Duke University with a focus in Film & Video. Since selling her marketing agency in 2016, Nicole spends her hours trying to keep up with TV shows and raising two sons with her partner.