Tonya Hurley
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Tonya Hurley is a writer and director in film, television, live performance and interactive media.
Her work includes Kiss My Brain (1997); The Biblical Real World(1998); Solo-Me-O (1999), first broadcast on PBS in their documentary series Reel New York, Tribeca Film Festival selection; Baptism Of Solitude: A Tribute To Paul Bowles (2000), which aired on the Independent Film Channel; and Best Friend (2001), which premiered at the 2002 Edinburgh Film Festival. All include musical scores by ex Depeche Mode, Yaz and Erasure member Vince Clarke.
Hurley was co-creator and co-producer of the sitcom So Little Time (ABC Family) and the animated series In Action! (ABC) both starring Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. She was the primary provider of original content for the mary-kateandashley website and creator and co-executive producer of mary-kateandashley brand video games for Playstation 2 and Game Boy. She wrote, produced and directed commercials for Warner Home video, Playstation and Game Boy and developed mary-kateandashley dolls and boardgames for Mattel.
Hurley's most recent creation (as of 2006) is ghostgirl, launched in 2002 on http://www.ghostgirl.com, optioned for film by Tribeca Productions, and due to be published as a novel by Little, Brown in March 2008.
