GIGI NEW
I enjoyed my conversation with screenwriter, Gigi New, who talked about her career and her experience coaching celebrities like Garrison Keillor ~ A Prairie Home Companion. Her positivity and optimistic approach to taking on creative challenges and marketing her work is a great example for writers wanting encouragement and inspiration. Her can do attitude is infectious. She provided good tips about the nuts and bolts of creating a good screenplay.
The show was dedicated to Nora Ephron.
About Gigi New
Gigi was as an army brat who called Virginia home, graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University with a degree in Fine Arts, began her career in Chicago as an actress, then moved to Los Angeles, where she met her husband and discovered her love of writing. She has written over a dozen scripts, been staffed on sitcoms and developed material for several studios and independent producers. She began her career as an assistant on Everybody Loves Raymond. She went on to writing for the award wining Nickelodeon family series The Brothers Garcia. she has since worked for Gavin Polone (Curb Your Enthusiasm, Gilmore Girls), Wally Wallodarsky, and Maya Forbes (The Larry Sanders Show) on the FOX series The Ortega’s. More recently Gigi has written film scripts and developed material for Aqua Entertainment, Gunn Films, The Maya Entertainment, Avalanche Entertainment, and Underground Films. She is currently developing a television series and a feature, “Public Emily” .She also teaches screenwriting. Her students range from those who are new to writing and want to see their idea realized on the page, to seasoned professionals who need a fresh pair of eyes to critique their work.
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