Autumn Withers is a Southern-brewed, NY based writer/actress/producer. She recently produced and starred in the award-winning dark comedy feature, Avalanche, receiving a Best Actress win at North Hollywood Cinefest and overall Best Comedic Drama film at Manhattan Film Festival. She appeared in the Sundance short film favorite, Catherine (2014), opposite Jenny Slate. Other notable acting work includes: Modern Family, Grey s Anatomy, Masters of Sex, Growing Up Fisher, and indie drama Any Day. She co-wrote, produced and starred in comedy short Autumn & George directed by Guy Norman Bee. She co-wrote and co-produced news parody webseries E&N with Ed Neusbit on Funny or Die. Autumn is one half of the female writing duo, Rytum, with playwright Ryann Ferguson. They are perhaps Hollywood s only writing team to be matchmade by their parents, who were committed hippies together in the 70s. Their female-centric pilots have been commended by Austin Film Festival and HBO. She holds a B.A. in Creative Writing from the University of Georgia. She has worked in Advertising as a copywriter and is also a published poet. She is the founder of Hollywood Women s Collective, a women s community dedicated to empowering female creatives and voices. Cocktail conversation starter - she used to be a Radio City Rockette. And she is a proud mama to a mighty baby girlý