PERI SEGEL

About

Peri Segel is a Chinese American comedy writer and director based in Los Angeles. As her last name implies, she will steal your fries on the beach.Currently, Peri is developing an original comedy series with DreamWorks Animation, a live-action comedy series with Guy Walks Into a Bar (Elf, Sully) and comedian Rebecca Kohler (Schitt's Creek), and an animated comedy series with Still Pictures.She recently wrapped as the Writer-Director of STAR CROSSED, an animated sci-fi romantic comedy feature proof of concept, based on a screenplay she co-wrote through the AIA Feature Production Lab. It is set to release in February 2027.Previously, Peri was a writer on Disney’s Emmy-nominated series The Ghost and Molly McGee and Netflix and DreamWorks's Go, Dog. Go!. She also wrote on Nickelodeon's The Tiny Chef Show, Netflix's CoComelon Lane, Nickelodeon's Paw Patrol, and other TBA series at various studios.Peri was a member of the Rideback Rise Circle Cohort (2025, 2026) and Disney Apprentice Writing Program (2019-2021), and a finalist of the Sony Pictures Animation LENS Program (2023). Her romantic comedy web series, Strings Attached, won Best Comedy at the Los Angeles Film Awards and Best Web Series at Top Shorts (2018). She got her start as an intern in the writers' room of CBS's Blue Bloods.Outside of writing, Peri loves running, escape rooms, and board and card games. She even co-created a card game about evil babies who commit heists called HEIST, HEIST BABY. It may or may not be autobiographical (see below and decide for yourself).





A love story spanning time and space...Two soulmates set out from opposite ends of the galaxy, determined to reach each other, even if the journey takes a lifetime.STAR CROSSED is set to release on February 12, 2027.

Director: Peri Segel
Writers: Peri Segel and Allen Wu
Producer: Saira Umar
Head of Story: Al K. TengPoster by: Jade Mahal Lew

The Ghost and Molly McGee (Disney+)
Season 2, Episode 8When Molly's Thai cousin visits, Molly questions whether she is "Asian enough" for her own family.Written by: Peri Segel and Mia Resella

Representation

Ross Siegel and Siobhan Blanas
e: ross@gotham-group.com, siobhan@gotham-group.com
p: (424) 363-1844, (424) 288-7326

© Peri Segel, 2026.