Valerie C. Woods
MFA Faculty Mentor
About Valerie C. Woods
Valerie C. Woods is the Emmy winning Co-Executive Producer/writer for the Disney+ series The Crossover (2023). She was also a Co-Executive Producer/writer for the AppleTV+ mini-series, The Big Cigar (May 2024), ) and Co-Executive Producer/writer on Season 2 of the Netflix drama series Sweet Magnolias (2021-22). She also worked in the same position for Season 4 (2018-2019) of the critically acclaimed television drama series Queen Sugar, airing on Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN). She is currently adapting her YA novel Katrin’s Chronicles: The Canon of Jacqueléne Dyanne for television, and her TV pilot Avalon U.S.A. into a novel!
During Valerie’s 25+ years as a member of WGAw, her credits include Co-Executive Producer/Writer on the drama series, Any Day Now on Lifetime Network. Her episode “Family is Family” was nominated for a GLAAD Media Award and Consulting Producer/Writer for the drama series, Soul Food on Showtime Network. Her career began after being awarded a Screenwriting Fellowship with Walt Disney Studios (1993).
As one of four instructors trained by acclaimed screenwriter author and teacher Syd Field, Valerie has served as Creative Director for Syd Field – The Art of Visual Storytelling platform. She also taught as Adjunct Faculty in the Stephens College Low-Residency MFA in TV and Screenwriting program (2016-2020). In Fall 2020, Valerie joined the University of Georgia as a Screenwriting Mentor in their Low-Residency MFA in Narrative Media Writing.