Let’s face it. There are a million different paths to success. That’s true to some degree for most industries, but even more so for Tinseltown. We get it, and so we understand why it’s important to hear from people who have achieved what you want to achieve. Learn what their obstacles were, how they overcame them, and take what you can from those lessons to apply to your own life.
While it is true that there are as many paths to success as there are people, we can all learn something from how someone else did it. That’s why Roadmap is thrilled to have our lovely alumna Jaquie Brown back to share her story!
This 90-Minute Webinar Will Cover:
- Getting started in screenwriting
- Building your brand
- Fellowships
- How to take a meeting
- Audience Q&A!
Currently being actively packaged: Jaquie Brown’s feature THE KITCHEN SINK, based on the iconic New Zealand short film of the same name, has Taika Waititi attached to produce. Jaquie’s original screenplay BASEMENT BARRY has Natasha Rothwell’s (INSECURE, THE WHITE LOTUS) Big Hattie Productions attached to produce, and Natasha will also star. In New Zealand, Jaquie's TV series BIRDIE is in development, with Jaquie writing and starring.
Jaquie has crafted a unique brand of female-centric dark comedy that simultaneously balances the sweet and sour, kicks you in the guts and kisses you passionately. In New Zealand, Jaquie Brown is a household name, having co-created and starred in her own comedy series based on her life, The Jaquie Brown Diaries. The show won Best Comedy at the national TV awards and aired in the US, Finland and Australia. It featured Taika Waititi (JOJO RABBIT), Rhys Darby (JUMANJI, OUR FLAG MEANS DEATH) and Ant Starr (THE BOYS) and was directed by Gerard Johnstone (M3GAN). As a voice artist, Jaquie is four years into voicing the character SORRY for the award-winning animated series KIRI & LOU alongside Jemaine Clement (FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS, WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS), which airs on the BBC in the UK and Nickelodeon Jnr in the US and was nominated for a BAFTA and the feature length movie will be out in 2027. More recently, Jaquie wrote the memoir “The Life of Dai” about New Zealand comedian Dai Henwood’s stage 4 cancer diagnosis and his approach to living, which was released through Harper's and became a bestseller.
Jaquie is represented by UNTITLED through a connection made via Joey at Roadmap.
Questions?
If you have any questions or any trouble accessing the recording, email our Director of Education Alexandra Davies at alex@roadmapwriters.com!