How has the Coronavirus Pandemic and its surrounding cultural turbulence affected a generation of creative writers, specifically Hollywood screenwriters, and how will it continue to affect storytelling in the entertainment industry in years to come? These questions and more will be discussed in this special project developed by SF Creative Writing Institute.

This insightful panel lead by WGA Screenwriter and LMU Clinical Professor of Screenwriting, Michelle Amor will also explore how covid-19 has changed the art of pitching during the pandemic. Join us for the ins and outs of how pitching to networks, studios, and streaming companies has changed, and how that change will impact the entertainment landscape in the years to come.

For more info about this project visit https://dispatchesfromquarantine.com

About the Instructor:

MICHELLE AMOR sold her second TV show, PG COUNTY, along with Lionsgate and Mary J. Blige’s Blue Butterfly Productions to Lifetime in January 2023, and her first TV show, THE HONORABLE to BET/Viacom CBS in March 2020. The Honorable first sold to the CBS Network in 2019. Co-created with Everybody Hates Chris’s Ali LeRoi, the political drama is produced by Dr. Phil’s Stage 29 Productions and CBS Television Studios. Michelle previously co-wrote PLAYIN’ FOR LOVE, directed by and starring Robert Townsend, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, and Jenifer Lewis, wrote OF BOYS & MEN starring Academy® Award-nominated actress Angela Bassett, and co-produced and co-wrote the documentary feature film TUPAC SHAKUR: BEFORE I WAKE. A proud and active member of the Writers Guild of America West (WGAW), she served four elected terms as co-chair of the Committee of Black Writers (CBW) and in June 2020, penned an open letter titled Dear Hollywood addressing systemic racism that went viral. A passionate Clinical Professor of Screenwriting at Loyola Marymount University, she previously taught at UCLA, Chapman U., CSUN, and AFI. She received her B.A. in Entertainment & Media Management from Columbia College, Chicago, and her M.F.A. in Theater, Film, and Television from UCLA, and in April 2020, she was honored in Variety’s Entertainment Education Impact Issue as a "top educator around the globe". Michelle currently resides in Westchester, CA with her family, but her heart will always belong to her hometown of Chicago.

Date: Thursday August 17, 2023

Time: 12:00nn-2:00pm PDT

FREE

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