The Pitch Tank with Brett Robinson
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The Stage 32 Writers' Room Pitch Tank welcomed Brett Robinson, a development executive with over a decade in acquisitions and development. At Annapurna Pictures, the studio behind ZERO DARK THIRTY and HER, he worked on celebrated independent films including SORRY TO BOTHER YOU, THE SISTERS BROTHERS, and BOOKSMART, and most recently at Kindred Spirit he's continued that run with Andrew Ahn's THE WEDDING BANQUET. Brett is drawn to writers with a distinct voice, character dramas, psychological thrillers, horror, mystery, and everything in between, and in the Pitch Tank he heard writers' pitches and gave his direct feedback live.
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