Rider Strong

RIDER STRONG began his career on stage with LES MISERABLES at the age of ten. He became best known for his roles on BOY MEETS WORLD and the cult horror film CABIN FEVER, before moving behind the camera. He wrote and directed shorts that played over 60 festivals worldwide and won audience and juried awards. His commercial for Obama’s 2008 campaign was a viral hit, a MoveOn.Org winner, and the first political ad to air on Comedy Central. He returned to his roots, this time as the in-house director for three seasons of the Emmy-nominated GIRL MEETS WORLD. Rider’s essays and short stories have appeared in The Believer, Bullet Magazine, Whiskey Island, and his play NEVER EVER LAND premiered in 2019. He teaches screenwriting at Chapman University and created and cohosted the podcasts Literary Disco and Pod Meets World, the latter of which which spawned a national tour in 2023.