Geri Ulrey is a writer, filmmaker and educator living in Los Angeles.
Geri writes fiction, creative nonfiction, and screenplays. Her fiction and creative nonfiction have appeared in Gulf Coast, The Carolina Quarterly and Cleaver. Her essay “13th & B” was selected as a notable in Best American Essays 2016 and “Swimming” was a finalist for the 2016 Gulf Coast Prize in Nonfiction. Also, several of her short stories were recently showcased and read out loud (performed) as part of The New Short Fiction Series 2019 season in Los Angeles. Geri is currently at work on her first novel.
to the flame is Geri’s latest short film that she wrote and directed. As faculty in the Cinema and Television Arts Department at California State University, Northridge, Geri won a Faculty Creative Activity Award and a Panavision New Filmmaker Grant in order to finance the film. to the flame has been screening at festivals (virtually). Both of Geri's other narrative short films, The Break and Pink no.22, have screened at numerous film festivals worldwide, each winning awards along the way.
Geri presently serves as the chair of the Film, Television & Media Arts Department at Glendale Community College where she teaches film and television production. She holds an MFA in film directing and production from the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television and a BA in drama from Vassar College.