July 14 2008 - Screenwriting: Q & A With Panel of TV Drama Writers - Los Angeles

SPEAKER SERIES: PANEL OF 1-HOUR TV SCRIPTWRITERS
Saturday, June 14, 2008 • Raleigh Studios, 1:00 p.m.


Scriptwriters Network is proud to host a panel discussion featuring writers of one-hour TV scripts. The panel includes:

• Dawn DeKeyser--SWN aluma and writer-producer on "Samantha Who?" Dawn's also written for many other shows including "Ugly Betty," "Becker," "News Radio," "The Geena Davis Show" and "Conrad Bloom." She has written and developed pilots for NBC, ABC and DreamWorks, been published in literary magazines for her personal essays, and won the Carl Sautter Scriptwriters Network competition, which she attributes to helping her land her first staff job in television.

• Jane Espenson--Writer-producer on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Battlestar Galactica."

• Melody Fox--SWN alumna and Carl Sautter Competition winner, Melody is currently a writer on "Flash Gordon" for the SciFi Network. Melody Fox began in animation where she wrote for series such as "Rugrats," "Freakazoid" and "Teen Titans." Plus, she created the Stuart Little TV series for HBO-Family, based on the movie. She expanded into one-hour episodic landing staff jobs on UPN's "South Beach," and Jerry Bruckheimer's sexy drama "Skin" for Fox.

• Amy Berg--Amy Berg started her career writing Nickelodeon live-action comedies before segueing to one-hour dramas. She's since written prime-time soaps (Fox's North Shore), science fiction shows (Threshold and The 4400), and crime dramas (the upcoming Leverage for TNT). Diversified enough for some
• Jeanette Collins--"Dirt, Big Love"

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TIME & LOCATION: Charlie Chaplin Theater at Raleigh Studios, 5300 Melrose Ave. (between Bronson and Van Ness). Doors open at 1 pm, with the speaker to begin at 1:30. Free to SWN members, employees of Raleigh Studios and for Jeff Gund's Info List—Gund's people must bring copy of invitation Non-member admission is $15.00 ($10 for members of WGA, Women in Film, FIND, FIN, and Screenplay Lab. Enter through the Van Ness gate. Parking is available for $5 on the studio lot; there's also metered street parking.