Christian Arts Festival Keynote Address

Barbara Nicolosi is a highly sought public speaker on art, culture, media and spirituality. She is the Founder and Chair Emeritus of Act One, Inc., a nonprofit program to train and mentor Christians for careers as Hollywood writers and executives.

Barbara has written screenplays for production companies in and beyond Hollywood. Her most recent project is a feature-length adaptation of the memoir A SEVERE MERCY for Origin Entertainment of Manhattan Beach, CA. Her screenplay FATIMA is scheduled to be shot in early 2017, it will be directed by Marco Pontecorvo and produced by Frida Torrresblanco (Pan’s Labyrinth).

She has been a script analyst, production company executive, and consultant on scores of entertainment and media projects including THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST and the TV shows JOAN OF ARCADIA and SAVING GRACE.

Barbara has also appeared as a cultural commentator on ABC, NBS, CBS, NPR and in the pages of the NEW YORK TIMES, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL and PREMIERE magazine, among others. Barbara Nicolosi is a highly sought public speaker on art, culture, media and spirituality. She is the Founder and Chair Emeritus of Act One, Inc., a nonprofit program to train and mentor Christians for careers as Hollywood writers and executives.

Barbara has written screenplays for production companies in and beyond Hollywood. Her most recent project is a feature-length adaptation of the memoir A SEVERE MERCY for Origin Entertainment of Manhattan Beach, CA. Her screenplay FATIMA is scheduled to be shot in early 2017, it will be directed by Marco Pontecorvo and produced by Frida Torrresblanco (Pan’s Labyrinth).

She has been a script analyst, production company executive, and consultant on scores of entertainment and media projects including THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST and the TV shows JOAN OF ARCADIA and SAVING GRACE.

Barbara has also appeared as a cultural commentator on ABC, NBS, CBS, NPR and in the pages of the NEW YORK TIMES, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL and PREMIERE magazine, among others.

Art ⋅ Film

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