Tess Gattuso is a writer and content creator based in Los Angeles. She has written for The New Yorker, Vice, Reductress, and Disney. Her original multi-cam TWO MOMS AND A DAD placed her on WeForShe’s 2020 Writers to Watch list, her animated pilot ALIEN GIRL was a Finalist in Universal’s 2021 animation writers program, and her comedy SHE BEASTS was in the top 2% of 600+ submissions for WWFC’s 2023 pilot accelerator. As a Senior Digital Creative, she developed and launched Barbie’s official TikTok, spearheaded viral social campaigns for TikTok’s social good team, and wrote over 50 YouTube videos for Disney Princess.
After years performing improv at UCBLA and Second City, Tess began sharing sketches and characters online, amassing an engaged audience of over 400,000 across TikTok, Instagram, Threads, and Twitter. As a creator, she has partnered with brands like Reformation, TOMS, and Meta AI.
She got her start as a Writers’ PA for Marvel’s “Jessica Jones,” after graduating with a double major in Political Science and Feminist & Gender Studies at Colorado College. You can reach her at tesspleasebusiness@gmail.com!