Spencer Robinson, Manager Art/Work Entertainment
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Webinar hosted by: The Pitch Tank
Spencer Robinson is a Literary and Talent Manager at Art/Work Entertainment who's been in the industry for nearly a decade. Art/Work manages clients including Eric Heisserer (ARRIVAL, LIGHTS OUT, THE THING), Tricia O'Kelley ("The New Adventure of Old Christine"), Erin Cressida Wilson (THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN, SNOW WHITE, "Vinyl"), Kelly Washington (JURASSIC WORLD, "Parks and Recreation"), and Jeff Reno (MEET JOE BLACK, "The West Wing", "Beauty and the Beast"). 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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Art/Work Entertainment Manager, Spencer Robinson joins our panel as we listen and read your pitches live to help educate the Writers' Room screenwriters on what is and isn't working in their pitch.
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We take a look at alive and written pitches for a musical feature, a North Korean spy thriller, and a period drama feature set in the biting cold of winter.
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