Marshall Riggan

MARSHALL W. RIGGAN

Over the past two decades, Marshall W. Riggan has written more than 200 scripts for non-theatrical films and television. These scripts have been for films and television productions that have won countless awards , including an Emmy for a documentary researched and written in China for ABC News. His assignments have taken him to the far reaches of the globe, including projects in India, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Africa, Indonesia, the Caribbean, the Arctic and Central and South America. His scripts have been written for the Smithsonian, National Geographic, PBS, The Learning Channel and Disney. Twice, films he wrote were selected for the PBS Eudora Welty Americana Award as the best short American films of the year. Two years running, his films were selected by the Outdoor Writers Association as the best nature films of the year. Commercial assignments have been for such corporate clients as Xerox, AT&T, American Airlines, US Steel, Eli Lilly, UCLA, and the nation of Trinidad and Tobago. For nine years, Marshall and his wife, Betty, lived worked and cruised the Caribbean aboard their sailboat, Fandango. They now live in Dallas, Texas.