Biography
Tori Sampson is an American screenwriter and playwright. She holds a BS in sociology from Ball State University and an MFA in playwriting from Yale School of Drama.
Her plays include If Pretty Hurts, Ugly Must Be a Muhfucka (2019) at Playwrights Horizons and Cadillac Crew (2019) at Yale Repertory Theatre. This Land Was Made premiered at the Vineyard Theater in 2023. She received the 2017–2018 Jerome Fellowship and the 2018–2019 McKnight Fellowship.
Sampson has written episodes of the series Solos (2021), Hunters (2023), Citadel (2023) and Three Women (2023). She wrote an episode of Spider-Noir (2026) and episodes of HIS & HERS (2026), on which she also served as co-executive producer.
