Adriana Trigiani

Adriana Trigiani

Birth : , Big Stone Gap, Virginia, USA

History

Adriana Trigiani is the bestselling author of sixteen books, including the instant New York Times bestseller All the Stars in the Heavens, the blockbuster epic The Shoemaker's Wife; the Big Stone Gap series; Lucia, Lucia; the Valentine series; the Viola series for young adults and the bestselling memoir Don't Sing at the Table. She was an award-winning writer/producer of The Cosby Show (1984) and A Different World (1987) and show runner and executive producer of CityKids (1993). She is the award-winning filmmaker of the documentary Queens of the Big Time (1996). Trigiani wrote and directed the major motion picture Big Stone Gap (2014), based on her debut novel and filmed entirely on location in her Virginia hometown and released on October 9, 2015.

Profile

Adriana Trigiani

Movies

Then Came You
Producer
A lonely widow plans a trip around the world with her husband's ashes, to visit the places they loved in the movies. During her first stop in Scotland at the beautiful estate she stays in, she meets the innkeeper who changes her life forever.
Then Came You
Director
A lonely widow plans a trip around the world with her husband's ashes, to visit the places they loved in the movies. During her first stop in Scotland at the beautiful estate she stays in, she meets the innkeeper who changes her life forever.
Very Valentine
Writer
Owners of the Angelini Shoe Company, one of the last family-owned businesses in Greenwich Village, fight to save the company during financial hardships.
Big Stone Gap
Writer
A story centered around a transitional point in the life of Ave Maria Mulligan, the heart of her community in the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia.
Big Stone Gap
Director
A story centered around a transitional point in the life of Ave Maria Mulligan, the heart of her community in the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia.
Green Chimneys
Co-Producer
Green Chimneys follows three young boys living at Green Chimneys, a residential treatment center for children with emotional, behavioral, social and learning challenges.
Queens of the Big Time
Producer
Director Adriana Trigiani, an Italian American best-selling author of sixteen books, directed this award-winning documentary, the story of her father’s hometown of Roseto, Pennsylvania.
Queens of the Big Time
Director
Director Adriana Trigiani, an Italian American best-selling author of sixteen books, directed this award-winning documentary, the story of her father’s hometown of Roseto, Pennsylvania.