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• Phantom Lady chronicles the untold story of Joan Harrison, Hollywood’s most powerful female writer-producer of the 1940’s. As Alfred Hitchcock’s confidante and the Oscar-nominated screenwriter of his film Rebecca, she was the woman behind…

• Born in prison to a single mother, "Fish" manages to resist the calling of drugs and crime on the streets of Cleveland, in a tumultuous real-life tale of self-discovery and personal triumph, which ultimately leads to Hollywood.

• The acclaimed writer behind "Babylon 5," "Sense 8," Clint Eastwood's "Changeling," and Marvel's "Thor" reveals how the power of creativity and imagination enabled him to overcome the horrors of his youth and a dysfunctional family.

• Traces the lesser-known story of successful MGM screenwriter Salka Viertel, revealing how her salons in 1930s and 1940s Hollywood provided a refuge for famous guests who escaped the horrors of World War II, from Bertolt Brecht to Charlie…

• The screenwriter and political activist presents a candid, resona

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  Tips for Writing a Bio,
  Personal Statement, and
  Screenwriting Resume

  Perhaps the greatest thing you can do to advance your film/TV writing career is to have a few scorching hot writing samples that burn themselves into a reader's mind even after they've reached the last page.... but what good are your scorching hot samples if you can't get anybody to take a chance on you as a writer and actually read them? 

  This is where bios, personal statements and screenwriting resumes come in.  

  These bits of accessory writing are equally important to helping you get your foot in the ever-elusive door. An intriguing bio or personal statement can get a manager, showrunner, program head (or any person on the other end of the hiring table) excited about you and eager to read your work. However, it's not always easy to convince someone of your wit and storytelling abilities in as little real estate as a few paragraphs... or even a few short sentences.  

  To fill the voracious appetite amongst program participants and library patrons for information on how to write short bi

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  Screenwriter

  Person who writes for films, TV shows, comics, and games

  A screenwriter (also called scriptwriter, scribe, or scenarist) is someone who practices the craft of writing for visual mass media, known as screenwriting. These can include short films, feature-length films, television programs, television commercials, video games, and the growing area of online web series.^[1]

  Terminology

  See also: Screenplay § History

  In the silent era, screenwriters were denoted by terms such as photoplaywright, photoplay writer, photoplay dramatist, and screen playwright.^[2] Screenwriting historian Steven Maras notes that these early writers were often understood as being the authors of the films as shown, and argues that they could not be precisely equated with present-day screenwriters because they were responsible for a technical product, a brief "scenario", "treatment", or "synopsis" that is a written synopsis of what is to be filmed.^[2]

  Profession

  Screenwriting is a contracted freelance profession, not a hire