TV/Feature Writer
RESUME
Professional ​
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Whether comedy or drama, I strive to create compelling, multicultural stories told from the female perspective.
Related Experience
*Created Empire Screenwriters Lab 2015
*New Jersey Screenwriters member 2004-2014
*Actor in The Met AMERICAN TRAGEDY
Work​
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Feature Writer
2018
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Developed initial treatment for Hattie McDaniel biopic with Kevin Caruso after producing team Alysia Allen and Aaron Magnani acquired film rights to author Jill Watt’s biography, “Hattie McDaniel: Black Ambition, White Hollywood.
TV Writer
​2016
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Hired by Loudavision to streamline story, characters and comedy for dark comedy web series CTV.
TV Writer
​2011-2012
​Hired by Scorpio Pictures with writing partner (Donna Lisa) to create original children's television series FUNTASTIC FOREST and to adapt RIKI TIKI TAVI to a children's feature animation script.
Feature Writer
​2010
Hired by Donna Lisa to add comedy to several Children's TV/Feature scripts the company created.​
Education
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THE WRITERS ROOM 5050 - Writing the TV Pilot Lab with Evette Vargas
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LEE JESSUP CONSULTING - Script development and career guidance
GROSSO & JACOBSON - Mentored by Sonny Grosso - script development
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American Academy of Dramatic Arts -
Graduate and Repertory Member. Extensive study in: Shakespeare/Contemporary, theater history, combat, character analysis and dialect. ​