Del Shores

DEL SHORES (Writer, Director, Producer, Stand Up Comedian) has written, directed and produced successfully across studio and independent film, network and cable television as well as theatre. STAGE: Cheatin' (1984), Daddy's Dyin' (Who's Got The Will?) (1987), Daughters of the Lone Star State (1993), Sordid Lives (1996), Southern Baptist Sissies (2000), The Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife (2003) and Yellow (2010). Theatre awards and nominations: Los Angeles Drama Critics'...See more

DEL SHORES (Writer, Director, Producer, Stand Up Comedian) has written, directed and produced successfully across studio and independent film, network and cable television as well as theatre. STAGE: Cheatin' (1984), Daddy's Dyin' (Who's Got The Will?) (1987), Daughters of the Lone Star State (1993), Sordid Lives (1996), Southern Baptist Sissies (2000), The Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife (2003) and Yellow (2010). Theatre awards and nominations: Los Angeles Drama Critics' Circle, Ovation, GLAAD, Back Stage West Garland, NAACP and LA Weekly (2006 Career Achievement Award). FILM: Daddy's Dyin'... Who's Got The Will? Writer/Executive Producer, (MGM), Sordid Lives Writer/Director/Producer (Regent Entertainment) - 13 festival Audience Awards, 3 Best Picture Awards, 1 Best Soundtrack Award. The Wilde Girls Writer/Director/Executive Producer (Showtime) and Blues For Willadean Writer/Director/Producer (Kestrel Films) - Shout Film Festival's Best Narrative Audience Award. Southern Baptist Sissies (Breaking Glass Pictures) -- 15 festival awards, nine of them Audience Awards. Other film awards: Lifetime Achievement Award 2012 FilmOut San Diego, Emerging Artist Award 2013 Stanley Kramer Film Festival, Pioneer Filmmaker Award 2014 B'more QFest TELEVISION: Ned and Stacey, Dharma and Greg, Queer As Folk Writer/Executive Producer and Sordid Lives: The Series Writer/Director/Producer. STAND-UP NATIONAL TOURS: Del Shores: My Sordid Life (2010), Del Shores: Sordid Confessions (2011), Del Shores: Naked.Sordid.Reality (2012), Del Shores: My Sordid Best (2013-2014), Del Shores: SINgularly Sordid (2015-2016), My Sordid Life, Sordid Confessions and Naked. Sordid. Reality. have been released on DVD. Del is represented by Bradley Glenn at The Kaplan-Stahler Agency as a writer-director, by Linda McAlister Talent as an actor and is managed by Michael Warwick for personal appearances. His publisher for all of his plays is Samuel French, Inc. "Del Shores is the grand master of Southern sensibilities." Daily Variety "Del Shores is a master of the Texas comedy." Los Angeles Times Twitter & Instagram @delshores" See less