Faculty

Lori L. Marett

Author/Screenwriter

Lori Marett‘s screenwriting career began almost three decades ago when she won or was finalist for many regional and national screenplay contests. Her adaptation of author (and Lori’s mother) Yvonne Lehman’s In Shady Groves received awards and acclaim which opened the door for her to adapt Hollywood producer Ken Wales’s novel, Sea of Glory, for the movie screen. Continuing to hone her craft as a screenwriter, her first feature film, Meant To Be, was released in December of 2012 by Pure Flix Entertainment. In 2019, her adaptation of Deborah Raney’s novel, Beneath a Southern Sky (co-written with Kay Mortimer) was optioned for production, but the option lapsed due to Covid. However, BaSS is still garnering interest from filmmakers as well as several other of Lori’s adaptations and original scripts.

Lori is also a highly sought out story consultant by best-selling novelists/successful screenwriters for her expertise in story construction. In 2021, after the passing of her mother, Lori partnered with author Cindy Sproles to continue the work Cindy and Yvonne did through WRAMS – Writing Right Author Mentoring Service, which addresses the needs and questions of novice writers. And in her spare time, Lori directs the Gideon Film Festival, an annual event held each October on the Johnny Cash Hideaway Farm in the greater Nashville area.