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"Adventure, Suspense, Curses, Mischief and Heart — Bringing GORTIMER GIBBON’S LIFE ON NORMAL STREET to the Screen," with Guest Screenwriter David Anaxagoras

Meet the Writer, Creator, Co-Executive Producer of "Gortimer Gibbon’s Life on Normal Street,” a live-action thirty minute adventure show for kids ages 6 to 11. David Anaxagoras is the first winner of Amazon Studios’ open-door development process to greenlight original kids programming for Prime Instant Video. The pilot is currently on free view at http://studios.amazon.com. This presentation is part of the Film & Media 191 course "Writing Short Films." This event is free and open to the public with limited seating.

Guest Speaker Background:
David Anaxagoras is the writer, creator and co-executive producer of GORTIMER GIBBON’S LIFE ON NORMAL STREET, an Amazon Studios TV pilot. He is a graduate of UCLA’s MFA screenwriting program and has taught screenwriting courses, published short fiction, and judged screenwriting competitions. His blog at http://davidanaxagoras.com has been featured in the Wall Street Journal. Dave can be found on Twitter @davidanaxagoras. He is repped by Jake Wagner at Benderspink.