Ann-Giselle Spiegler (writer/director) is an award-winning writer and director based in Los Angeles. Her work as a playwright, director and filmmaker has been enjoyed both nationally and internationally.
She is currently developing three television pilots. Her plays eggs and Leaving Vero were born at the LAWC and developed with Che'Rae Adams. Both were read as part of the New Alignments Reading Series and as part of Seedlings at the Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum. She is also an original member of PlayGround LA and has written plays for the One Minute Play Festival for over ten years, most recently during the pandemic for the Dramatists Guild call to action “Live From the Anarchist Jurisdiction” and shown around the world on Zoom.
In addition to being a member of the LA Writers Center, she is a member of the Dramatists Guild, Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, LAFPI and is an alumna of the Directors Lab West. Her work has been called “innovative, eye-opening and spectacular” by the Los Angeles Times and “forward, insightful and flawless” by Variety as well as “heartbreakingly good” by the LA WEEKLY.
After graduating from The University of Southern California with an MFA in Directing, she won an Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Fellowship to work with the Walt Disney Company. She was also named a LucasFilm fellow while at USC. Locally, her work has been seen at REDCAT (the Roy and Edna Disney CalArts Theater), the Odyssey Theater, The Los Angeles Theater Center, Highways Performance Space, (inside) The Ford, The Wells Fargo Theater at the Autry National Center, Theater of NOTE, Celebration Theater, The Ivy Substation and The Road, among others. Her shows in Los Angeles and Southern California have won LA WEEKLY awards, Garland awards and DramaLogue awards. She has an “NEA Award for Excellence” for directing the World Premiere of Kwang-Ju, an Escalatory Spree for the Korean National Theater Conference. She co-founded the critically acclaimed Lit Theater whose mission is to produce new American works for a new American audience. She is also the co-founder of the International Theatre Network, a virtual community dedicated to building bridges between theatre artists and institutions interested in international theatre exchange. She is proud of creating spaces where artists, activists, educators, playwrights, directors, performers, and supporting organizations can interact, share work, ideas, and resources. Her first film, “Regular Maintenance”, circled the globe on the festival circuit. She has taught Theater and Film and has also worked for The City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs.
She is currently developing three television pilots. Her plays eggs and Leaving Vero were born at the LAWC and developed with Che'Rae Adams. Both were read as part of the New Alignments Reading Series and as part of Seedlings at the Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum. She is also an original member of PlayGround LA and has written plays for the One Minute Play Festival for over ten years, most recently during the pandemic for the Dramatists Guild call to action “Live From the Anarchist Jurisdiction” and shown around the world on Zoom.
In addition to being a member of the LA Writers Center, she is a member of the Dramatists Guild, Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, LAFPI and is an alumna of the Directors Lab West. Her work has been called “innovative, eye-opening and spectacular” by the Los Angeles Times and “forward, insightful and flawless” by Variety as well as “heartbreakingly good” by the LA WEEKLY.
After graduating from The University of Southern California with an MFA in Directing, she won an Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Fellowship to work with the Walt Disney Company. She was also named a LucasFilm fellow while at USC. Locally, her work has been seen at REDCAT (the Roy and Edna Disney CalArts Theater), the Odyssey Theater, The Los Angeles Theater Center, Highways Performance Space, (inside) The Ford, The Wells Fargo Theater at the Autry National Center, Theater of NOTE, Celebration Theater, The Ivy Substation and The Road, among others. Her shows in Los Angeles and Southern California have won LA WEEKLY awards, Garland awards and DramaLogue awards. She has an “NEA Award for Excellence” for directing the World Premiere of Kwang-Ju, an Escalatory Spree for the Korean National Theater Conference. She co-founded the critically acclaimed Lit Theater whose mission is to produce new American works for a new American audience. She is also the co-founder of the International Theatre Network, a virtual community dedicated to building bridges between theatre artists and institutions interested in international theatre exchange. She is proud of creating spaces where artists, activists, educators, playwrights, directors, performers, and supporting organizations can interact, share work, ideas, and resources. Her first film, “Regular Maintenance”, circled the globe on the festival circuit. She has taught Theater and Film and has also worked for The City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs.