NIKKI SCAMUFFO
ACTOR, SINGER, CREATOR
WHAT'S NEW?
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Most recently, Nikki was featured in Stacey Maltin's latest film C-Side alongside film and theatre greats Lea Delaria, Tovah Feldshuh, Jenali Alladin, and a host of other powerhouse performers.
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Nikki is directing and co-producing the pilot Good American B*tches throughout Fall of 2025, written and created by Talia Masiello, co-produced by Written House Productions, featuring talent of Netflix and HBO fame.
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Olga: The Series Pilot was nominated for Best Episodic in the Spring 2025 Big Apple Film Festival. The script was a finalist in the Screenplay Competition.
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Olga: The Series Pilot was a Semi-Finalist in the Greece International Film Festival and was an Official Selection in the Southern Maryland Film Festival.
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Along with her production collective Written House Productions, Nikki premiered Olga: The Series Pilot at the Thespis Theater in Astoria, New York on April 5th, 2025.
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Nikki was the primary producer of the First & Second Annual Graceland Benefit Concert. She also performed.
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In collaboration with From The Heart Productions, Nikki wrote, directed, produced, and starred in the TV pilot proof-of-concept for a series entitled Olga.
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With fellow creatives, Nikki co-founded Written House Productions, which is a New York City-based production collective made up of film and theatre makers.
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Nikki worked as a stand-in for stage and screen legend Tovah Feldshuh in the Academy Award-qualifying film Malka. She also had an acting role. The film was directed by Stacey Maltin and produced by Besties Make Movies.
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Nikki is a proud member of AEA.
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Nikki regularly performs with award-winning off-Broadway composer Seth Bisen-Hersh in his weekly concert series at midtown's Don't Tell Mama.
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Post-graduation, Nikki has been in many theatre and film productions. Notable theatre credits include Godspell and Orpheus Descending at Theatre On Main Street, I Am Woman at the Plaza Theatricals theater, and Jooce at the New York Theatre Festival. Notable film credits include roles in C-Side, Malka, Olga: Series Pilot, Wet Dreams, Rattlesnake: Series Pilot, and Philadelphia My Love.
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Nikki works in Administration for the Guest Experience Department at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, mainly working in performance and campus operations.
I HAVE WORKED WITH:
INTRODUCING: WRITTEN HOUSE PRODUCTIONS
At Written House Productions, our mission is to empower and uplift underrepresented voices through compelling storytelling. As a collective of female and queer film and theatre makers, we are committed to crafting unique and socially relevant narratives that challenge norms, foster empathy, and entertain.
Written House Productions is a production collective of film and theatre makers. It is composed of alumni from American University and The University of the Arts. Annalise Woolford, Nikki Scamuffo, Julia Mann, and Logan Milot are the primary founders.
We successfully produce live events, such as the yearly Graceland Benefit Concert in New York City. Our film projects have been featured in multiple film festivals, including the Big Apple Film Festival, the Greece International Film Festival, Philadelphia qFLIX Film Festival, the Norwalk Film Festival, the Southern Maryland Film Festival, and the Bucknell Intercollegiate Film Festival.
Our work has attracted the talents of many professional actors, musicians, videographers, composers, and more.
OFFICIAL TRAILER FOR OLGA: THE SERIES PILOT
Watch the official trailer for Olga: The Series Pilot, Written House Productions' TV pilot proof-of-concept. Nikki was the director, lead writer, producer, and lead actor on the project. The pilot had its first screening on April 5th in New York City at the Thespis Theater.
RECENT GUEST SPEAKING ENGAGEMENT
Nikki was invited by AHEPA NYC Delphi 25 to be the Guest Speaker at their March networking event in Midtown Manhattan. She details her career in the performing and nonprofit arts, as well as her production of the TV Pilot proof-of-concept for the series "Olga", in collaboration with Written House Productions and From The Heart Productions.