Writers' Room Year-End Webcast
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Allen James Roughton is the Stage 32 Script Services Coordinator, a screenwriter, reader and development researcher who has consulted on over 100 projects, scripts, books, comics and films and conducted research on life stories, exposés, professions and locations for development at major production companies. Nick Assunto is part of the Stage 32 script services team and a screenwriter himself. He was previously a reader for the Austin Film Festival, a writer for the 2017 CBS Diversity Sketch Comedy Showcase, co-host of the Sunday show B.Y.O.T. at UCB, and dabbled in acting, having been featured on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, an eHarmony commercial directed by Limp Bizkit's Fred Durst (for real), and is infamously known as Tony, the annoying party member from the 'Four Friends' Elder Scrolls spots. Full Bio »
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Join Nick and Allen for the Writers' Room Year-End Webcast where we celebrate all things Film, TV and Screenwriting from 2018 and look forward to making 2019 the best year for your writing ever!
What You'll Learn
Films: A Quiet Place, BlacKkKlansman, Game Night, The Incredibles 2, Ralph Breaks the Internet, Avengers: Infinity War
TV: The West Wing, Madmen, Big Mouth, Patriot, Barry, Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan, The Magicians
Misc: Chris Stuckmann, Stage 32 Meetups, Lessons from the Screenplay, Pilot MR Metropolitan Fountain Pen
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Year-End Webcast
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