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screenwriting
VOLUME 18, NUMBER 1
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DAVID BARBA (david-barba@hotmail.com) is a
freelance writer who has experience in produc-
tion and post-production. He received his BA in
Screenwriting from Loyola Marymount Univer-
sity's School of Film and Television. He enjoys
traveling and watching films.
PETER CLINES is a regular contributor to
both Creative Screenwriting and CS Weekly. The
first script he ever wrote got him an open door
to pitch at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Voy-
ager. His first novel, "Ex-Heroes," is currently
available.
PETER DEBRUGE
(pdebruge@gmail.com)
spends "INT. NEWSROOM. DAY." as a senior film
critic and features editor for Variety. His free-
lance articles and reviews have appeared in Pre-
miere, Life, IndieWire, LA Weekly, Austin
Chronicle and Miami Herald.
JEFF GOLDSMITH (yo.goldsmith@gmail.com)
is senior editor at Creative Screenwriting. He at-
tended USC for theater and film and is an award-
winning commercial, music video and Sony
PlayStation video game director. As producer of
the CS Magazine screening series, he does on-
stage interviews and creates podcasts.
SEAN KENNELLY (skennelly@bellsouth.net), a
Writers Boot Camp alumnus, won a regional
Emmy his first year out of film school for his writ-
ing and producing efforts in the Utah media. Since
then he has worked at several studios, including
Dreamworks and Columbia Pictures, and is
currently working on a novel and handful of
screenplays.
DANNY MUNSO (danny@creativescreenwriting)
is the associate editor and marketing manager
for Creative Screenwriting. A graduate of Loyola
Marymount University's Film and Television pro-
gram, he currently resides in San Francisco
where you can regularly find him at Giants home
games.
JENELLE RILEY is a playwright and journalist
based in L.A. and the writer of the award-winning
short films Crazy Love and The Perfect Candi-
date. She actually prefers Berger to Big or Aidan,
and is a total Miranda.
JEREMY SMITH is the West Coast Editor of Ain't
It Cool News, where he writes as "Mr. Beaks."
He is stalkable at http://twitter.com/mrbeaks.
ADAM STOVALL (astovall@gmail.com) moved
from Cincinnati, where he read CS since it began
13 years ago, to Los Angeles, where he now
writes for it as well as CS Weekly. He also works
in the CS Screening Series and spends his time
watching the movies that are in theaters and writ-
ing the movies he wishes were.
PHOTO CREDITS: Scott Tchida (page 12); Dara
Rosenwwasser (page 14); Chuck Hodes/Univer-
sal Pictures (page 18); Wilson Webb (page 20,
25); Lorey Sebastian (page 21-26); Nico Tav-
ernise (page 28-34, 42); Jaimie Trueblood (page
37-41); Chuck Zlotnick (page 42, 74); Patti Per-
ret (page 42); Courtesy of Lionsgate (page 42);
Laurie Sparham/The Weinstein Co. (page 43);
Suzanne Tenner (page 43); Merrick Morton
(page 43); Disney/Pixar (page 44); Claire Folger
(page 44); Melissa Moseley (page 44); Todd
Wawrychuk/A.M.P.A.S. (page 46); Greg Har-
baugh/A.M.P.A.S. (page 47-50); Stephen
Vaughan (page 53); Zade Rosenthal (page 55);
John Bramley (page 60); Jojo Whilden (page
62); New Line Cinema (page 64); Dale Robinette
(page 65); Peter Iovino (page 66); Warner Bros.
Pictures (page 67); micro-scope (page 68); Kim-
berly French (page 70); Sabrina Lantos (page
71); Simon Mein (page 72)
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