Ruth Fowler
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Ruth Fowler (aka Ruth Iorio) is a British-born Los Angeles and London based screenwriter, director[1][2] and journalist, who first came to media attention after writing several articles for The Village Voice as "Mimi".
Background
Fowler holds a first-class Honors Bachelor's degree in English Literature from King's College, Cambridge and a Master's degree in Film Production from the University of Southern California.[3][4][5] After graduating Cambridge, Fowler traveled to over fifty different countries working as a chef, a sailor, a bar-tender, a supermarket checkout girl and a waitress before finding herself in New York City.[6] While attempting to obtain a work visa she worked at a stripclub in Manhattan, writing about her experiences on her blog [1].[7]
Career
As well as The Village Voice,[8] she has written for The Guardian,[9] The Observer, Wired Magazine, The New York Post, The Huffington Post,[10] The Fix[11] and The Norton Anthology For Creative Non Fiction. Her first book, No Man's Land, was published by Viking Penguin, and was republished as Girl Undressed.[12]
Fowler's original political screenplay Fly Me ensured that Fowler was selected as a Screen International[13] Stars of Tomorrow 2012,[14] alongside previous winners Emily Blunt, Carey Mulligan, Robert Pattison and Andrew Garfield.
Rules of the Game, a BBC One thriller series that Fowler created and wrote, aired in 2022.[15] It starred Maxine Peake as the executive of a sportswear business, who becomes embroiled in a police investigation about a dead employee. In a 2023 article for Fast Company, Fowler revealed she had had to take on part time work to support herself and her son, as money from studio work was inconsistent, meagre and tardy.[16] In 2025, Fowler was credited as the showrunner and lead writer on the Paramount+ series Little Disasters. [17]
Ruth teaches screenwriting at UCLA.[18]
Personal life
Fowler was briefly married to the photographer Jared Iorio, and lived in Venice, California. In 2013, Fowler and her husband shared the experience of birthing her son at home via posts and pictures on social media.[19] After, Fowler moved to an apartment in Inglewood, California.
Fowler is a staunch believer in universal free education.[20]
References
- ↑ "A New Play's Graphic Illustration of Abusive Male Behavior is Stirring — and Timely". 28 November 2017.
- ↑ "Avalon – Clients". avalonuk.com. Retrieved 2025-05-19.
- ↑ Paul Berger (7 August 2005). "Blog and Grind". New York Times. Retrieved 2008-01-17.
- ↑ Rachel Mainwaring. "She holds a Cambridge degree but Welsh blonde 'Mimi' just loves being New York strip club star". Wales on Sunday.
- ↑ "About — Ruth Iorio Fowler". Retrieved 2025-05-19. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Girl, Undressed - Ruth Fowler - Book Clubs - Penguin Group (USA)
- ↑ Fowler, Ruth (2008-04-13). "Why's a nice girl like me undressing in a place like this?". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2010-05-23.
- ↑ "How to Be an Illegal Alien - Page 1 - News - New York". Village Voice. 2005-03-22. Archived from the original on 10 September 2013. Retrieved 2013-09-09.
- ↑ Fowler, Ruth (2008-05-19). "Ruth Fowler". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2013-09-09.
- ↑ Fowler, Ruth. "Ruth Fowler". Huffington Post.
- ↑ "Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Recovery News | Resources – The Fix". Thefix.com. Retrieved 2013-09-09.
- ↑ Fowler, Ruth (May 2009). Girl, Undressed: On Stripping in New York City: Ruth Fowler: 9780143115656: Amazon.com: Books. Penguin. ISBN 978-0143115656. Search this book on
- ↑ "Screen unveils 2012 UK Stars of Tomorrow | News | Screen". Screendaily.com. Retrieved 2013-09-09.
- ↑ "Kibwe Tavares and Ruth Fowler selected for Screen International's UK Stars of Tomorrow 2012". Casarotto.co.uk. 2012-06-18. Retrieved 2013-09-09.
- ↑ Mangan, Lucy (2022-01-11). "Rules of the Game review – Maxine Peake is barnstorming in a rich, meaty murder mystery". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-07-12.
- ↑ Fowler, Ruth (2023-07-07). "POV: I'm an experienced screenwriter—and I'm also on welfare. My story highlights the importance of the writers' strike". Fast Company. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "IMDB". IMDB. 2025-05-19. Retrieved 2025-05-19.
- ↑ "Ruth Fowler – Instructor". UCLA Extension. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "New Mom's Uncensored Photos Reveal The Beautiful, Messy Reality Of Home Birth". Huffington Post. 2014-01-08. Retrieved 2014-01-08.
- ↑ "Education Undressed: An Interview with Author Ruth Fowler". 28 June 2014.
External links
- Ruth Fowler on IMDb
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- 21st-century British screenwriters
- 21st-century British women writers
- British emigrants to the United States
- British bloggers
- British women screenwriters
- British women television writers
- Writers from New York (state)
- British women bloggers
- Alumni of King's College, Cambridge
- Writers from Los Angeles
- People from Venice, Los Angeles
- The Village Voice people
