Nancy Nigrosh

Who is Nancy Nigrosh?

Nancy Nigrosh is a former literary agent who represented the writers, directors, and authors Kathryn Bigelow, Richard Boyle, Barry Morrow, Chris Eyre and Amanda Brown. Nancy Nigrosh headed the "lit" department at the Gersh Agency where she represented African American screenwriter/playwright Richard Wesley, Natalie Cooper, writer of Desert Hearts, writer/director of Purple Rain, the screenwriters of Short Cuts, The Outsiders and Beaches. In 1998 Nancy joined Innovative Artists and signed writers Randy Brown, Leslye Headland, Stuart Beattie, and filmmakers Mark Rydell and Peter Bogdanovich. Nancy Nigrosh is a regular contributor to Indiewire and The Hollywood Journal and teaches at UCLA Extension's Writers' program.