Gloria Calderon Kellett is a writer and supervising producer on the CBS series Rules of Engagement. Before that, she was a writer and producer on the CBS series, How I Met Your Mother for three seasons, during which she won an Alma Award for Outstanding Script. She is a graduate of the Writer's Guild Showrunner Training Program and has sold pilots to Fox, ABC and CBS. Her first short film, "Wounded," was an official selection in the Geneva Film Festival, the Palm Springs Shorts Fest, the Sedona Film Fest, the Gig Harbor Film Festival and the Big Island Film Festival. Gloria graduated from Loyola Marymount University and was awarded a Kennedy Center / ACTF Award for her first play, “Plane Strangers." Gloria went on to earn a Masters degree in Theatre from the University of London. Her play, “When Words Are Many,†was a finalist for the London Writers Award. Additionally, her play, “Dance Like No One’s Looking,†won the International Student Playscript Competition, judged and awarded by Sir Alan Ayckbourn. When she returned to Los Angeles, Gloria had the privileged of being the assistant to her idol Cameron Crowe for two years before making her way into television. She was also a founding member of the sketch comedy group And Donkey Makes Five, has written and performed stand-up comedy at The Improv and The Comedy Store and is an author. Her book, Accessories, has been translated into Italian and is published by Small Fish Studios in the U.S. and Cassini Press in Italy. She lives in Los Angeles with her cartoonist husband, Dave Kellett and their adorable daughter.
