CHERIE KERR

Cherie Kerr, an award-winning writer, publicist, and author of 16 books, includes a memoir about her father's life as a jazz musician, Charlie's Notes--a book that was eight years in the making. She also is an award-winning indie filmmaker, having won more than 35 awards for her four films, including honors for Best Film, and Best Director more than once. She has won awards for “Charlie’s Notes,” one of which was awarded by the New York Book Festival.

While Kerr has worked as a public relations consultant for the past 45 years, she also heads ExecuProv, a company that provides public speaking and communications skills training to Fortune 100 and 500 executives. Through her work with that training she has penned 11 books, which align with her teachings including, "I've Asked Miller to Say a Few Words," "When I Say This…Do You Mean That?" "What's So Funny?" and Death by Power Point: How to Avoid Killing Your Presentation and Sucking the Life Out of Your Audience,” “How to Think Fast on your Feet (without putting them in your mouth,” “The Bliss or Diss Connection: Email Etiquette for the Business Professional,” ”How to BE Presidential: The Secret Handbook for Top Level Executives,” “Write Away: How to Learn to be a Better Business Writer Studying the Pros You Never Thought Of,” and  Networking Skills that will Get You the Job You Want.” She also has ghosted three books for clients, one which received high praise for her client, Bruce Givner, titled: My Watergate Scandal Tell-All: How I Unwittingly Caused This Historic Event.”

In addition to Kerr's work as a publicist, lyricist, and writer, she is also well known for her work in the field of comedy. A founding member of the famed improv comedy company, the L.A. Groundlings, Kerr founded her own comedy organization, the Orange County Crazies, who has been providing both sketch and improvisational comedy to the community of Orange County, California since 1990. As a result of Kerr teaching improv and sketch comedy, she penned Build to Laugh: How to Construct Sketch Comedy With the Fast and Funny Formula, and “Who’s There? How to Create, Develop and Interpret Original Characters,”—the sketch book is used as a training manual at Second City in Chicago. It is also used by numerous comedy organizations throughout the country. She is also known for her work as a producer, writer, and director for live stage productions.

Kerr, who has written sketch comedy for the past 35 years, is the head writer for the Crazies, and its key instructor for the Crazies school. In the past 35 years alone, Kerr has written more than 450 original sketches. A member of ASCAP, and Women In Film, Kerr has also written, produced, and directed a full-scale musical comedy and wrote and performed in her own sketch/improv one-woman show.

In the early 90’s, Kerr was named along with Disney’s Michael Eisner in Orange Coast Magazine as one of Orange County's Top 10 Most Sensational” People. In 2019, she was given the coveted “Helena Modjeska Cultural Legacy Award” for her lifetime achievements in comedy.

She regards “Charlie’s Notes,” as her most important work to date.

She is the mother of three and grandmother of six.