Event Details
Thursday January 19, 2023 7:00 pmvia Zoom
What's a writer's role on set? How do I read a call sheet? What's the protocol on correcting actors? When's a good time to run to the honeywagon? What's a honeywagon?
For many TV writers and some screenwriters, being in production on their script means hours (and hours and hours) spent on set. Knowing how to behave, function and be useful on set has traditionally been a key part of advancing through the writer ranks. But thanks to the rise of minirooms, Covid and other changes in the industry, writers are being denied this critical on-set experience.
WGA East presents a one-hour panel of top TV writers with extensive set knowledge to help fill that gap. The event will be hosted by Tian Jun Gu, WGAE Council member, and Lisa Takeuchi Cullen, WGAE Vice President for Film, TV, and Streaming.
Meet the Panelists
T Cooper & Allison Glock
The husband-and-wife writing and producing team are Executive Producers on THE BLACKLIST (NBC/Sony); this is their 5th season with the show. Other TV writing credits include THE GET DOWN (Netflix), and COPPER (BBC America), in addition to various original commissioned pilots, scripts and/or mini-rooms for Showtime, YouTube, Netflix, and Lifetime. Their most recent feature film collaboration is the award-winning MAN MADE (external – opens in a new window), a documentary T directed that explores the world of transgender bodybuilding (Amazon). The team has also written a biopic about Fallon Fox (external – opens in a new window) (for Mark Gordon Pictures, scheduled for 2023 production). Their collaborative film work (through Holler Beach Productions (external – opens in a new window)) creates and specializes in content from a place of deep respect and empathy (with a healthy sense of humor) elevating traditionally underrepresented points of view. Holler Beach’s most recent release is “Home Field” (external – opens in a new window). which Glock directed as part of an overall slate of documentaries she executive produced for ESPN, Hulu, and Disney. Both Cooper and Glock-Cooper’s long-form journalism has been widely anthologized, and they’ve written a dozen books between them in various formats, from memoir to novel to young adult to graphic novel to biography.
Laura Eason
Laura Eason is an Emmy and WGA Award-nominated producer and screenwriter. She is currently the EP/Showrunner of Showtime’s forthcoming new drama series THREE WOMEN. Additional credits for TV include the Showtime / Blumhouse drama THE LOUDEST VOICE and four seasons on Netflix’s HOUSE OF CARDS. More info is available at lauraeason.com (external – opens in a new window).
Jorge Zamacona
Jorge Zamacona was raised in Madison, Wisconsin and attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He moved to Los Angeles, California in 1980 and graduated from California State University-Northridge Magna Cum Laude in 1983 with a degree in TV/Film Writing and Production. Upon graduation he was hired by Mary Tyler Moore (MTM) Enterprises and began his writing career on the NBC series ST. ELSEWHERE. Since then Mr. Zamacona has built his career and become a successful Showrunner/Executive Producer of many respected and well known television series. His credits include HOMICIDE: LIFE ON THE STREET, OZ, THIRD WATCH, and CITY ON A HILL. He is currently Co-Executive Producer on LAW AND ORDER: ORGANIZED CRIME. He is married with three children and resides in Connecticut.