One-On-One with Creator and Executive Producer Tom Nunan

Event Date: Saturday, October 14, 2017 || Speaker: Tom Nunan || Check-in: 12:30 pm ||

This event is with a Creator and Executive Producer who will discuss a variety of topics, including: writing strong characters, creating a compelling premise and/or story, finding your voice, script development, among other topics. See more details below.

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Tom Nunan is well known leader in the U.S. and around the world across a variety of different platforms – – in film, television and digital media; in education and cross-cultural relations and with multiple philanthropies and non-profits. Known as a “brand builder, content innovator and revenue accelerator” – – Nunan has served in top positions as a media executive, entertainment company and non-profit founder, academic leader, lecturer, public speaker and expert for the electronic and print media.

As a former network and studio president, Nunan has helped both create and oversee entertainment companies including but not limited to: ABC, FOX, NBC-UNIVERSAL and THE CW. As a producer, he co-founded BULL’S EYE ENTERTAINMENT, a multi-media company best known for its multiple Oscar-winning film, CRASH, along with dozens of other film and TV projects. As a consultant, he’s helped guide the way for beloved brands across the entertainment spectrum, such as HBO, SHOWTIME, WARNER BROS., STARZ, CBS, PARAMOUNT, WALDEN MEDIA, FREMANTLE, TNT/TBS and others. As a philanthropist, he’s been both Vice Chairman and Chairman of THE HOLLYWOOD RADIO & TV SOCIETY, the longest running philanthropy in Hollywood, and is a co-founder and twice Chairman of THE JOYFUL HEART FOUNDATION, Emmy and Golden-Globe winning actress MARISKA HARGITAY’s non-profit, dedicated to the healing, education and empowerment for survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence and child abuse.

Nunan is on the Advisory Council of The School of Theater, Film, Television and New Media at UCLA, and has taught in the graduate program for the last 21 years, hosting a Master Class Lecture Series every Winter Quarter, which routinely attracts the “who’s who” of TV, ranging from the hottest shows and stars on television, to the network heads that program the shows.

Nunan created, designed and enacted a new Masters in Fine Arts (MFA) Degree and Curriculum for UCLA in 2016 – – entitled the MFA in Television Creating and Production — the first MFA of its kind in the entire University of California system, and the first new MFA at UCLA’s prestigious film school, in over 35 years.

Along with being an Executive Producer on the Oscar-winning film, CRASH, Nunan has also earned several other honors, including: THE HUMANITAS AWARD; THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY COUNCIL AWARD; THE FIRST ANNUAL TOM NUNAN EXCELLENCE AWARD, via THE JOYFUL HEART FOUNDATION among others.

Website: thewritingintensive.com

Join us on the Second Saturday every month at:

Sidetrack Creative Studios
5723 Auckland Ave.
North Hollywood, CA 91601

Creative Studios Facebook page

As this is a professional event, we ask that you please arrive prior to the event start time.

Meeting Timeframe: 1:00 pm to approximately 3:00 pm

Free Street Parking!
Please remember to bring a picture ID and your SWN Membership Card!

Any questions, email us at [email protected].