Valerie C. Woods is a writer/producer in television and film and is also a publisher, editor, and author. Recently (2022), she was a Writer/Co-Executive Producer on Season 1 of the Disney+ series The Crossover. She also worked in the same position for the limited series The Big Cigar, coming soon to Apple TV+.
Currently, she is developing through her MCV Productions banner three projects: a limited series based on Wrapped in Rainbows – The Life of Zora Neale Hurston, the award-winning biography written by Valerie Boyd; an episodic TV series adapted from A Cowboy to Remember, and the Cowboys of California romance trilogy by Rebekah Weatherspoon; and a screenplay, Homecoming, adapted from the historical Christmas romance written by NAACP Award-Winning author, Beverly Jenkins.
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.
Valerie founded the independent press, BooksEndependent, which has published six titles, including her novel Katrin’s Chronicles: The Canon of Jacqueléne Dyanne. She is also the author of Something for Everyone (50 Original Monologues), published by Samuel French, Inc. Through her production company, Valerie produced a series of staged readings of scripts adapted from literary work via Staged/Lit.
During Valerie’s 25+ plus years as a member of WGAw, she has also written on one hour drama series four CBS, Lifetime, Netflix, OWN, and Showtime. Her writer/producer credits include Sweet Magnolias (S2), Queen Sugar (S4), Any Day Now (S1-4). Her episode “Family is Family” was nominated for a GLAAD Media Award, Soul Food (S4) and Touched by an Angel (S2). Valerie’s career began after being awarded a Fellowship with Walt Disney Studios.