Bridget Garrity

M.F.A. Student, Producers Program

Bridget Garrity is a second-year MFA student in the UCLA Producers Program. Originally from Pasadena, California, Bridget attended the University of Notre Dame and double majored in Film and Television and Spanish. She found her true passion for storytelling while interning at Marvel Studios after her sophomore year and getting her feet wet in development and production. After graduation, she began her career as an assistant producer at the Luis Buñuel Film Institute, where she adapted and translated screenplays and supported the production of diverse projects, including podcasts, docuseries, film retrospectives, and off Broadway plays. She then spent over a year working as a production and VFX coordinator at Stargate Studios, contributing to several Blumhouse productions, including Insidious 5: The Red Door, Five Nights at Freddy’s, Night Swim, and Afraid. Fluent in Spanish, Bridget is dedicated to producing Spanish-language content with a focus on empowering female-driven narratives.

During her time at UCLA, she has cultivated a deep interest in the business side of the entertainment industry and completed internships at Gaumont Television and Project X Entertainment. Bridget is currently a teaching assistant for two courses at UCLA’s Anderson School of Management: Sports Management, taught by Peter Guber and Dan Beckerman, and Entertainment Globalization, taught by Mali Kinberg and Abhijay Prakash.