Coverfly Career Mentorship

A dramedy feature/TV writer/director/producer and formerly undocumented immigrant, Gabby Revilla Lugo started her career in physical production then ventured into the independent feature space where she worked with names like Damian Chazelle on his award-winning film, Whiplash. She had success with films including the award-winning Palm Springs, The Starling, and Fox Searchlight's Next Goal Wins, written and directed by Taika Waititi. Gabby was staffed on ABC's hit drama, A Million Little Things, and teaches screenwriting at the Script Anatomy school. In 2021 Gabby sold multiple podcasts and landed a feature film writing job for Mattel. She also sold 15 Candles, a TV pilot based on John Hughes' 16 Candles, to Peacock, alongside UCP and OJALA, which award-winning playwright, Tanya Saracho, leads. She worked on the TV series Brujas and completed the WGA's showrunner training program. Most recently she has been tapped as the creator of a Spanish language racing drama with MGM International and HBO MAX LATIN AMERICA. Gabby has several TV projects in development, including one with Eugenio Derbez and 3PAS and Gina Rodriguez which is in negotiations with a major studio, and another for broadcast with AGC studios. She recently also partnered up with Linda Yvette Chavez and Julissa Arce to develop a Chicano dramedy based on real events in the 1960s and is a part of the 2022 cohort for STARZ writing intensive for underrepresented writers.