Biografia
Carrie Borzillo is a seasoned writer/producer for reality television shows apps, an award-winning entertainment and lifestyle journalist, and a non-fiction pop culture author. She is co-founder of the Los Angeles-based Zillard Productions, which is in production on various documentary projects.
On the TV front, Carrie has written and produced live digital entertainment experiences for apps and web for such shows as American Idol, The Voice, America's Got Talent, Saturday Night Live, and Love Island, and such awards shows as the Emmys, Golden Globes, and Billboard Music Awards. She's a voting member of the Television Academy. She has also produced the music video for Body Negative's "The Big Sleep." Alex Breaks Free: A Documentary Short on a Woman's Journey Through Mental Health & Fashion" is her directorial debut and first film.
She has written about relationships and mental health, and penned intimate personal essays, for SELF, Men's Health, Women's Health, DAME, and others, and has appeared on such shows as Playboy Radio, Maxim Radio, Loveline with Dr. Drew, and Ex-Wives of Rock.
On the entertainment journalism side, her work has appeared in People, Entertainment Weekly, Billboard, Rolling Stone, and dozens more. She has penned three non-fiction books: co-author of Tera Patrick's Sinner Takes All: A Memoir of Love and Porn (Gotham/Penguin) and author of Cherry Bomb: The Ultimate Guide to Becoming a Better Flirt, a Tougher Chick, and a Hotter Girlfriend, and to Living Life Like a Rock Star (Simon & Schuster) and Eyewitness Nirvana: The Day-by-Day Chronicle (Carlton Books).
The Los Angeles-based writer/producer/author/director hails from Wallingford, Connecticut, and holds a B.S. in Journalism from Southern Connecticut State University. She has won several journalism awards, including Music Journalist of the Year by the National Association of Recording Industry Professionals.
