Andrea Berloff

Andrea Berloff (born April 7, 1974) is an American screenwriter, actress, director, and producer. Berloff is best known for writing the 2006 disaster drama film World Trade Center, and co-writing the 2015 biographical drama Straight Outta Compton for which she earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay. Early life Andrea Berloff was born to a Jewish family in Framingham, Massachusetts in 1974. She attended Framingham South High School until she graduated in 1991. Upon graduating high school, Berloff attended Cornell University to study drama which she then graduated from in 1995. Career Acting Berloff's brief acting career began shortly after she graduated from college. In 1997, she played the role of the nameless sister in the Tisch School of the Arts produced film Growth, directed by Joel Hopkins.