Welcome to Diana Gould
Diana Gould was born in New York City, attended the High School of Music and Art, and graduated from UCLA with a degree in film. She sold a screenplay she wrote in film school, which became Jenny, starring Marlo Thomas and Alan Alda. Her career in film and television spanned decades, during which she wrote and produced pilots, episodes, movies and miniseries for network and cable, and served on the Board of Directors of the Writers Guild of America. A meditator for 30 years, she teaches at InsightLA, a mindful meditation center, and works as a spiritual care volunteer with Vitas Hospice. She lives in Los Angeles.
Author
Diana received an MFA in fiction from the Bennington Writers Program, and taught fiction, screenwriting and playwriting at the Goddard MFA program. Her short story, “The Monkey’s Daughter” was nominated for the Kirkwood Award in UCLA’s writing program. Her debut novel, Coldwater, was published in 2013 by Gibraltar Road/A Vireo Book, an imprint of Rare Bird Books.
Spiritual Teacher
A meditator for over 30 years, Diana was trained by Shinzen Young as a facilitator with the Vipassana Support INstitute. In 2012 she completed the Community Dharma Leaders Training Program at Spirit Rock Meditation Center, and is authorized to teach Dharma and meditation through classes, sitting groups and daylongs. She has led the regular Thursday night sitting group at InsightLA for many years, and was the original guiding teacher for Dharma Alliance, then Queer Mindfulness, the LGBTQ sitting groups at InsightLA.
Writer / producer
Diana Gould is an award-winning writer whose work has captivated tens of millions of people worldwide. A prolific writer/producer, she wrote for some of the most successful shows on television, including scores of episodes of Family, Knots Landing, Dynasty, Sisters, and Berrengers, which she created and produced. Her screenplay for the CBS Movie I Love You—Goodbye won the Population Institute Award. She served on the Board of Directors of the Writers Guild of America, and was the founder and first chairperson of its groundbreaking Women’s Committee.