Speaker Profile

Dorothy Fortenberry

Co-Showrunner & Executive Producer, “Extrapolations”, Writer/Producer, “The Handmaid’s Tale”

Dorothy Fortenberry is the co-showrunner and an Executive Producer of the climate change anthology series EXTRAPOLATIONS at AppleTV+. Previously, she spent four seasons on Hulu’s award-winning adaptation of THE HANDMAID’S TALE as a writer/producer, for which she received multiple Emmy nominations, the PGA Award, and two WGA Awards. Before HANDMAID’S, Dorothy was on the writing staff for the first three seasons of the CW hit series THE 100. As a playwright, she has had her plays performed across the country, including the Humana Festival of New American Plays, IAMA Theatre, and Ensemble Studio Theater. She also writes politics and culture for publications The Atlantic, The Los Angeles Review of Books, and Slate, among others. For the past several years, Dorothy has worked with the WGA, PGA, NRDC, Good Energy, and other groups to encourage more climate- conscious storytelling and sustainable production practices.