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
experience
Feature Writer
2018
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
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
THE WRITERS ROOM 5050 - Writing the TV Pilot Lab with Evette Vargas
LEE JESSUP CONSULTING - Script development and career guidance
GROSSO & JACOBSON - Mentored by Sonny Grosso - script development
American Academy of Dramatic Arts -
Graduate and Repertory Member. Extensive study in: Shakespeare/Contemporary, theater history, combat, character analysis and dialect.