ANNIE POSTMAN - Writer/Director/Producer

A versatile and nimble storyteller with an eye for the fresh and bold. Expert interviewing skills anchored by a strong vision and meticulous attention to detail.

• My Crazy Ex, Painless TV, LIFETIME MOVIE NETWORK
• Cold Feet, LMNO Entertainment, BIO
• Destroyed in Seconds, Pilgrim Studios, DISCOVERY
• Extreme Peril, Pilgrim Studios, DISCOVERY
• Mega Movers, 44 Blue, HISTORY
• Lockup, 44 Blue, MSNBC
• Over Your Head, LMNO Entertainment, HGTV
• Always A Bridesmaid, LMNO Entertainment, WE-TV
• Survive This!, 44 Blue, DISCOVERY
• Hammer Heads, Pietown TV, HGTV
• Now See This!, GRB Entertainment, DISCOVERY
• What Should You Do?, 44 Blue, LIFETIME
• The 35th Anniversary of the City of Irvine, ICTV
• Final Justice with Erin Brockovich, LMNO Entertainment, LIFETIME
• Beyond Chance, Triage Entertainment, LIFETIME
• Life Moments, Rocket Science TV, NBC
• It's A Miracle, Cedar Ridge Entertainment, PAX-TV
• One Life to Live, ABC DAYTIME
• Batterers, Half Court Productions, HBO
• Final Moments of LIFE, Rocket Science TV, NBC
• The Thin Green Line, Rocket Science TV, NBC
• Design on a Dime, Pietown TV, HGTV
• Weekend Warriors, Pietown TV, HGTV
• LIFE's Greatest Holiday Stories, Half-Court Pix, CBS
• Calling All Cooks, Weller Grossman Productions, FOOD TV
• Simple Solutions, Litton Productions

• Teens Interrupted: The Lost Year Writer/Director/Producer

14 Los Angeles 9th graders share how missing a year of high school during the pandemic upended their lives. Four years later, these same teens open up about the lasting impact. 

• American Rider Writer/Co-Director

Feature documentary about motorcycle riding produced by Mount-Kramer Productions and Live Entertainment, starring Keanu Reeves, Joe Pesci, Peter Fonda, and featuring the Hell's Angels.

• Bobbie's Story Writer/Director/Producer

Half-hour videography of my mother - bombshell, Smith graduate and family matriarch.

• My Story Writer/Director/Producer

Half-hour personal Videography of WAVES member Louise Brooks.

• Fighting Fish Writer/Director/Editor

24 min. comedy about a ball-busting woman attorney who's fed up with being on top in the bedroom as well as the boardroom. Student Emmy in Comedy, 1993.

• GILFS, one-hour dramatic comedy pilot, current
• Unstoppable: The Julie Krone Story, Feature biopic, produced, 2021
• The Nose Job, dramatic comedy feature spec
• A Good Day, dramatic short script, About a young woman who steals a neglected dog from a dangerous gang. Adapted from a true story on NPR's 'Snap Judgment'., 2018
• Oyster Bay, half-hour comedy pilot
• Love Doctors, original unscripted TV pilot treatment
• Climbing Husband Hill, feature comedy script, optioned
• Small's the Next Big Thing, dark comedy short script, Slamdance winner, 2016
• The Fallback Guy, original feature comedy script, optioned
• Mating Games, original feature comedy script, optioned
• Gunplay, feature dramatic script, produced

Contributing Writer

• L.A. AFFAIRS 65: True Stories of Nightmare Dates and Happily Ever Afters in Southern California, Pediment Publishing & The Los Angeles Times, 2021 (available on Amazon)

Writer and Editor

• AND THEY WED: Fractured Fairy Tales for the Fierce of Heart, KDP Publishing, 2020 (available on Amazon)

Freelance Writer

• Short and long-form articles for the Los Angeles Times, LA Parent, Newsday, Publisher's Weekly, Dun & Bradstreet, International Herald Tribune, Medium and other online and print publications.

• Fellow, Moving Picture Institute & Smock Media's Mindful Editing Workshop, 2020, 375 Greenwich Street, New York, NY, 10013
• Winner, Slamdance Short Screenplay competition, Small's the Next Big Thing
• Finalist, Page International Screenplay Awards, The Fallback Guy
• Finalist, BlueCat Screenplay Awards, Mating Games
• Winner, Student Emmy for Comedy from ATAS, Fighting Fish
• Winner, Short Comedy category, Santa Barbara Film Festival
• Winner, Best Comedy Short, Houston WorldFest

• Case Study: Reality Television, UCLA Extension, 2017

Addressed Beijing Television Executives about the creative and economic realities of the US cable television market.

• Early Entrance Program, Honors College, Cal State Los Angeles, 2016

Featured speaker about the art and business of screenwriting and multi-platform storytelling.

• President, Board of Directors, Valley International Preparatory High School, 01/01/2024, Present, 18827 Roscoe Blvd, Northridge, CA, 91324
• Member, Board of Directors, Valley International Preparatory High School, 01/01/2023, 12/31/2024
• Chair, Meet the High Schools Night, Walter Reed Middle School, 2018, No. Hollywood, CA

• Story Analyst for Paramount Pictures, Orion Pictures, New Line, Rysher Entertainment, Saban Entertainment, De Laurentiis Entertainment Group, and Classico Entertainment.
• Industrial Video Producer of computer and web-based interactive training series in workplace harassment for Employment Law Learning Technologies (ELT), Littler Mendelson, P.C.
• 2nd Assistant Director and other production roles on 7 feature films at Dino de Laurentiis Studios in Wilmington, NC.
• Contracts Manager, De Laurentiis Entertainment, Beverly Hills
• Assistant, Vice President of Merchandising, MCA/Universal, For properties including Jurassic Park and Land Before Time.
• Freshman Writing Teacher, University of Southern California
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• Long-term Substitute Teacher in English, Harvard-Westlake Upper School, Campbell Hall School
• Dale Carnegie Seminar, Public Speaking

Final Draft, Da Vinci Resolve, iMovie, Premiere, Final Cut Pro, Slate, Blackboard, Brightspace, Office and Google suites, Wix, Wordpress.

Fluent in French. Some conversational Spanish.