About

Nia Ashley is an award-winning writer, producer, and media artist born and based in Brooklyn. Nia’s work explores how women’s intimate relationships (familial, romantic, platonic) impact and define them Raised by career educators and multi-hyphenate weirdos in a multi-ethnic Black household, Nia uses dialogue and the intricacies of mixed cultures to conjure characters experiencing multiple identities all at once. 

At 18, Nia’s feature BLACK SWAN RECORDS, the story of the first Black-owned recording company in the United States garnered a screenplay award at the Tribeca Film Festival. She has written and produced short films including RIDE, THE BLOOM, I-57, and CUIDATE, which won the National Board of Review Student Grant. Her stage plays debuted at Playwrights Horizons and The Tank.

Nia has a BA from Barnard College, an MFA in Screenwriting from Brooklyn College, and is a graduate of the Script Coordinator track of the 2022 WGI Support Staff Training Program. Her loves include feminine aesthetics, comic book villains, and tear-away corsets.