About

Ed McCarthy is a gay writer, storyteller, and producer whose short films have been screened in film festivals spanning twenty countries. He’s been a finalist in Film Independent’s Episodic Lab, the Producers Guild of America’s “Make Your Mark” film competition, and he has advanced in the WB Writers' Workshop. An accomplished storyteller, Ed has appeared on various stages throughout Los Angeles. He’s won
The Moth and has been featured on its weekly The Moth Radio Hour. In his writing,
Ed gravitates to ensemble dramas and sci-fi where the supernatural can create a universe to better understand our own. He wants to tell deeper stories of characters still hidden, often LGBTQIA+, and stories with diverse casts that mirror most peoples’ lived experience.

In the entertainment industry, his experience ranges from development, production,
to post-production. Ed has created or developed scripted/unscripted projects for Condé Nast, Johnson & Johnson, Microsoft Surface, and Facebook Watch (amongst others).
He has also been a line producer, notably for the indie pilot WORK/FRIENDS (directed by Rodrigo Garcia). Most recently, he's worked in various support staff roles for the TV dramas DARE ME, PAPER GIRLS, AZNBBGRL (pilot), and currently the forthcoming Amazon series OFF CAMPUS.

A career switcher, Ed was a high school English teacher, administrator, and debate coach at New York City’s LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts (the school that inspired the film and TV series FAME). In his spare time, you’ll either find Ed on tennis courts throughout Los Angeles playing the sport he loves or on his couch with his husband and their Boston Terrier named Boba catching up on their favorite TV shows.

Ed earned his MFA in Creative Writing at American University. One of Ed’s life goals is to get Paula Abdul to read a piece of creative nonfiction he wrote about her. Click here to read. Who can help him out?