Erica Rivinoja

Erica Rivinoja is an American film and television writer, producer and director.She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for co-writing Borat Subsequent Moviefilm. Her other film screenplays include Extreme Movie (2008) and Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013), and story credits on Trolls (2016), Girls Trip (2017), and The Addams Family (2019). She is set to make her directorial debut with an animated adaptation of The Cat in the Hat.From 2001 to 2012, Rivinoja was a writer and consultant on the animated comedy series South Park, which earned her two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Animated Program from four nominations. In July 2020, Rivinoja was announced as the showrunner of the Clone High revival.Rivinoja is a native of Hobbs, New Mexico. She graduated from Hobbs High School in 1995.