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Join our incredible panelists for this special five part lecture series all about TV writers' rooms! You'll hear directly from writers working in rooms right now, as well as the reps who helped them get there.
In addition to the four panels, the RoadCrew will host an hour long workshop where we will give a few volunteer writers feedback on their loglines as well as answer any final questions about TV writing.
This is a class you don't want to miss!
This Five Week Lecture Series Will Cover:
- Support staff positions and expectations
- Getting the first staffing job
- What managers look for in TV clients
- What agents look for in TV clients
Roadmap Writers is a talent training and discovery platform for screenwriters ready for a guided path to success. Our programs are hosted by working industry executives and are designed to empower writers with actionable tools and insights to elevate your craft and cultivate relationships with industry professionals. Since 2016, we have helped hundreds of writers from all over the world sign to representation, staff on series, and option and produce their projects. Our writers have been staffed on BRIDGERTON, THE FLASH, CHICAGO PD, THE FIRST LADY, NIGHT COURT, THE GOOD DOCTOR, THE RESIDENT, REACHER, SUBJECT TO CHANGE, MAYANS and POKERFACE. Writers have sold, set up and been produced by Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, MGM, American High, New Republic Pictures, Maven Screen Media, Lifetime, Will Packer Studios and Roku.
Elba Román-Morales is a writer and director from Puerto Rico. She grew up in a noisy household with four other siblings, where chaos was the norm. Elba is fluent in Spanish and English. She learned the fundamentals of filmmaking from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. Earned an MFA in Film and Video from the Savannah College of Art and Design in Georgia, with a strong focus on directing -- where she was also awarded the Board of Trustees Fellowship. After a car accident left her needing to relearn a significant portion of language, Elba utilized screenwriting as the vehicle to teach herself to communicate as she had before. She then earned an MA in Screenwriting at the National Film and Television School in 2020. She has worked on several projects in the UK and was staffed on FX’s Mayans. The struggles that she has overcome throughout her life fueled her understanding of humanity and the love that she has for creating magical spaces where extraordinary things can happen.
Daniel Vang is a literary manager at 3 Arts where his client credits include: YOU, GOSSIP GIRL, THE VAMPIRE DIARIES, DEAR WHITE PEOPLE, QUEEN SUGAR and IT'S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA. Recently, his client Elba Roman-Morales was staffed on Mayans M.C.
Rukayat Giwa (she/her) is a Television Scripted and Books Agent at leading entertainment and sports agency Creative Artists Agency (CAA). Giwa is based in the Los Angeles office and represents many of the world's leading writers, directors, and authors.
Giwa began her career teaching high school math through Teach For America in Metro Atlanta. She joined CAA in 2017.
Giwa graduated from the University of Southern California with a degree from The Peter Stark Producing Program.
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