photo by Jody Chistopherson
Nico Grelli (they/them) is a trans/genderqueer, Italo-Americano filmmaker, screenwriter, director, visual artist, and performer, or a super geek multi-hyphenate queerdo film and art nerd. Nico trained at NYU/Tisch's Experimental Theatre Wing (class of 2005), and went on to study and apprentice with Maggie Flanigan, Labyrinth Theatre Co, and Ensemble Studio Theatre. Nico has also studied TV Writing with Andrea Ciannavei, and will be attending London Film School's MA in Filmmaking program starting June 2021. As an actor: Nico worked on Regional, NY stages, and in film, won a New York Innovative Theatre Award, and was nominated for Chicago's Joseph Jefferson Award. Nico creates, directs, writes, shoots, cuts, and composes most of the music for their late night, public access inspired, stoner queerdo webseries: Pier Valentino's: SHOW WITHOUT END!, and is developing a number of projects for the screen. Nico has had creative residencies with places like The Nuyorican Poets Cafe, The Tank NYC, and Grange Hall Cultural Center, and writes frequently for Theatre Breaking Through Barriers (tbtb.org), NY Madness (nymadness.com), and more. Nico has written stories and articles for PULP MAG (thepulpmag.com), The Kitchen NYC OnScreen (thekitchen.org), and Broken Glass BK (brokenglassbk.square.site). Nico has staged violence and intimacy in over 20 Off-Broadway, Regional, and Indie productions, as well as in a few films. Nico is a member of Theatre Breaking Through Barriers, and is proud to have worked extensively as a teaching artist with Epic Theatre Ensemble, The 52nd St Project, and The Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, and more.
Member of: SAG-AFTRA, AEA.
CVs available upon request.
Visit the Pier Valentino's: SHOW WITHOUT END page to watch segments, and for more details on the show.
Articles for THE PULP MAG and The Kitchen OnScreen available to read on Film/TV Projects, Scripts, and Articles Page.
Member of: SAG-AFTRA, AEA.
CVs available upon request.
Visit the Pier Valentino's: SHOW WITHOUT END page to watch segments, and for more details on the show.
Articles for THE PULP MAG and The Kitchen OnScreen available to read on Film/TV Projects, Scripts, and Articles Page.
