Category: Featured Writer
Brenda Thissen – Writer
Lesley Marshall | Winner of the 2015 UCLA Extension TV Writing Competition
Anthony Piatek | Screenwriter
Home Base: Chicago, IL Bio: Fixed-Income Derivatives Trader, marathon runner, and hockey player with a passion for story-telling and writing. Script Portfolio: Spec Episode: Boardwalk Empire, “LITTLE HELL” Logline: While visiting Chicago, Nucky is presented with a potential business deal that forces him to choose between friend Johnny Torrio or fellow Irishman Dean O’Banion. Meanwhile, …
Vince Green | Screenwriter-Author
Dawn Higginbotham Writer-Director-Producer
Home Base: Studio City, CA Bio: After attending the American Musical & Dramatic Academy in New York, I transitioned into film where I worked in production on numerous feature films including “Die Hard W/ A Vengeance” (John McTiernan), “Jim Cameron’s Titanic,” “The Thin Red Line” (Terrence Malick), and “Fear and …
Aaron Rollins – Winner of the UCLA Extension TV Pilot Writing Competition
Gina Kelly – Winner of the UCLA Extension Television Spec Writing Competition
Home Base: Santa Monica, CA Bio: I started my writing career a few years ago creating sketches for live performances and reviewing restaurants. When I wanted to get serious about writing for television and film, I enrolled in the UCLA Extension Writers’ Program where I was able to learn from great …