Bio

Cynthia Troyer

Screenwriter

American DJ and Record Producer

YouTuber / Content Creator

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Born and raised in Amish country in the heartland of Ohio, Cynthia attended Kent State University.

After receiving her Bachelor’s of Art in television with a concentration in film, she moved to Los Angeles and started her Hollywood career working in physical production on Contact with Brad Pitt, a short 30 minute film for Chanticleer Films and Showtime Networks.  She was a PA on Showgirls, and served as an Assistant Property Master on A Part of The Family.

For 10 years she worked freelance for many different entertainment companies as a Script Coordinator and/or transcriber through Barbara’s Place. These companies include: CBS, Columbia, Paramount, Universal, Castle Rock, Intermedia, Imagine Entertainment, Laura Ziskin Productions, Red Wagon, Mace Neufeld Productions, Scott Rudin, Parkway Productions, Beacon Entertainment, Faye Dunaway, Corbin Bernsen, Dwight Yokum, Debbie Reynolds, New Regency, Mutual Film Company & TNT Originals, and on a vast number of features and TV projects. A complete list is located at the bottom of this page.

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For over 22 years, Cynthia worked as an assistant to screenwriter  Rospo Pallenberg (Excalibur, Exorcist 2).

For the past 22 years Cynthia has been working for actor Bill Pullman as a personal assistant. And for the past 4 years, she has been working for actors Kate Burton and Lewis Pullman.

Her screenplay The Fence co-written with Kimberly Brinson was a semi-finalist for the Best Emerging Narrative award at IFP Market 2005, and was a finalist for the Gordon Parks award at IFP Market 2005.

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Honeymoon, a broad comedy feature script, has won a “Consider” from Creative Screenwriting Magazine, and placed as a quarterfinalist at the Screenwriting Expo 5 contest, and made it to the semi-final round at the Buffalo/Niagara Film Festival. Buy this script as a paperback book here on Amazon.com HONEYMOON

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Between, her supernatural horror script, placed in the semifinals at the ScriptShark Insider 2007 contest and in October 2008, finished in the quarterfinals at the Writers on the Storm III contest. Buy the script as a paperback book here on Amazon.com. BETWEEN

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My Amish Summer (written by Cynthia Troyer, story by Stacy Lumbrezer & Cynthia Troyer) a comedy script set in Amish Country is coming as a paperback book to Amazon soon.

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Several new screenplays are in the works, another comedy titled Cannibus Cup.

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Cynthia is the host of a YouTube show called In Like Cyn. The selfie reality show takes you on a ride of her life.

There are other new projects in the works.  See a complete list of projects here.

Cynthia currently resides in Hollywood, California.

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FEATURES WORKED ON (partial list)

6 Days/7 Nights

Almost Heroes

Along Came A Spider

Apt Pupil

Armageddon

At First Sight

Beverly Hills Ninja

Black Sheep

Blue Crush

Boiler Room

Brady Bunch: The Movie

Bring It On

Brokedown Palace

Centurion Force

Cinderella Man

Charle’s Angels 2: Full Throttle

Charlotte’s Web

Con Air

Count of Monte Cristo

Desperate Measures

Devil’s Own

Disturbing Behavior

Dragonfly

Driven

The Edge

Enemy of the State

Freddy Got Fingered

Frida

From Hell

Gattaca

The General’s Daughter

The Getaway

GI Jane

The Glass House

Grease (20th Anniversary)

Memoirs of Hadrian

Hart’s War

Heartbreakers

Hoodlum

How To Be A Player

Hush

Idle Hands

Inside Man

I’ll Be Home For Christmas

The Jacket

Jade

Jerry Maguire

Juwanna Mann

Kangaroo Jack

Kiss The Girls

Life Or Something Like It

The Matrix

Mr. Magoo

Mr. Wrong

Monster’s Ball

Music of My Heart

My Best Friend’s Wedding

Neuromancer

Orange County

Phone Booth

Pleasantville

Primal Fear

Psycho (1999)

Ravenous

Riding In Cars With Boys

The Rock

Rules of Engagement

Rushmore

School of Rock

Seabiscuit

The Shipping News

Showgirls

Showtime

Sleepy Hollow

Sliver

Snow Dogs

Sphere

Spy Hard

That Darn Cat

Tomorrow Never Dies

Vegas Vacation

TV PROJECTS (partial list)

12 Angry Men

Clueless (Pilot)

Contact (Showtime)

Dalva

Julius Ceasar (TNT)

Inherit The Wind

Live From Baghdad

Life With Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows

Miracle Alley

A Part of the Family

Rough Riders

Seventh Heaven (Pilot)

Six Feet Under (Pilot)

Gia (HBO)

Susan’s Plan

Swing Vote

That Championship Season

Under The Car (Showtime)