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CAPE Sets New Writers Fellowship Class Of 2025

Given the dramatic contraction in the industry, we need programs like this more than ever to help new writers navigate the business and get their stories told,” said co-founders and co-chairs Leo Chu (showrunner/EP, Disney’s Ultra Violet& Black Scorpion) and Steve Tao (veteran TV executive and producer previously at The CW, ABC, & Bad Robot). She wrote and starred in The Syed Family Xmas Eve Game Night(TIFF premiere, sold to a major studio) and was awarded the Sundance x Islamic Scholarship Fund’s Building Bridges Fellowship and Orchard Project Artist Lab. Speakers of the program included Alexander Woo (Showrunner, Three Body Problem), Kiel McNaughton (Showrunner, Tangata Pai), Geetika Lizardi (Writer, Bridgerton), Amy Wang (Writer/Director, Slanted), Sanjay Shah (Showrunner, Everybody Still Hates Chris), Michael Chu (Lead Writer and Senior Designer for Lore and Story, Overwatch), Erlan Nyssanov ( Agent, Technology Business Development & Innovations, UTA), Lyndon J. Barrois Sr. (Director, Animator), Liz Fields (Writer/Director, Imperfect Match), Wendy Chuong (VP of TV & Film, Audible), Shuli Tan (Writer, Submitting to My Best Friend’s Dad), Peter McHugh (Partner/Manager, The Gotham Group), Lyra Tan (Agent, Gersh), Quincie Li (Manager, Kaplan/Perrone Entertainment), Adam Van Dusen and Sam Fischer (Agents, Paradigm), Nathan Kitada (Senior Creative Executive, Tentpole and Universe Development, Amazon Studios), Talha Asad (VP, Drama Programming, HBO), Liana Oja (Director, Streaming & Animation, Marvel Studios) and many others.

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