Faythallegra Claude is an accomplished screenwriter who currently writes for CBS’s highly successful NCIS:LA. Her focus is on writing bold, clever crime and action thrillers. Her award-winning short film The Way Home screened on BET, The CW and in festivals worldwide including Cannes Short Film Corner. Faythallegra appeared on Travel Channel’s 5 Takes Europe, a documentary series about young American filmmakers backpacking through Europe. She has written for CondéNast, RKO Pictures and Jeff Margolis Productions. Faythallegra is the recipient of an Urban Artist Initiative/NYC Fellowship in Media Arts and an alum of the Guy Hanks and Marvin Miller Screenwriting Fellowship. Her teen detective series, Shameka Holmes, placed exceptionally high on The Black List. Her feature screenplay Parcel is currently in development with producer Rob Barnum. She has developed with Will Packer Media, Genius Productions and 21 Laps. She continues to be repped by Schulman Management, A3 Artists Agency and Knol Law.

 

Faythallegra holds a B.F.A. in Film Studies from Wesleyan University and is a proud native of New York City. She lives in sunny So Cal with her husband and two kids.

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