Thursday, January 30, 2014 from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM (PST)
Azure Lounge
333 E. 91 Street, 3rd Floor

Film Lab is officially starting off 2014 with a bang, if we do say so ourselves! Our first event of 2014 will consist of an Industry Spotlight on Writing for Television. Television writers Kenneth Lin (House of Cards), Travon Free (The Daily Show) and Celena Cipriaso (All My Children) will discuss what it is like writing for their respective shows. Together, they will explain their process, how they broke into the industry and what it is like to entertain millions of viewers.

The event is part of the Film Lab’s signature “Industry Spotlight” program, in which established industry professionals share their knowledge, expertise and advice with up and coming, new and aspiring creatives.

Film Lab’s Industry Spotlight, “Writing for TV,” will take place in Manhattan on Thursday, January 30th, 2013, 7-9pm. The event will be open to the public although, due to high demand, the Film Lab is asking people to RSVP in advance here, via Eventbrite. The specific address will be announced in mid January online at www.asianamericanfilmlab.org and https://www.facebook.com/events/238507282990376/.

This is sure to be an insightful and educational evening.

With special thanks to the Writers Guild of America East.

About the Writers:

Celena Cipriaso
Celena Cipriaso has written for ABC’s All My Children and is currently co-writing two screenplays with director/producer Diane Paragas of Civilian Studios. Her pilot “Evolved” was a Quarter-Finalist in the Creative World Awards, and her spec of The Walking Dead, “Little Children” was a Semi-Finalist in the Creative World Awards and also in the top 10% of the Austin Film Festival TV competition. As a playwright, her work has been performed in various venues in New York City and throughout the Northeast. Her most recent production will be of her short “Language Lessons” at Bindlestiff Studios in San Francisco in 2014. She’s also freelance journalist that’s written for CNN, The Root, Slate, Draft, Arts America, Film Buff, Bitch, and Intel.

Travon Free
Travon Free is a stand-up comedian a WGA and Emmy nominated writer for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart from Compton California. Along with his (use to be) popular “FREEdom of Speech” socio-political comedy blog, his writing work can also be found all over the web including TV One’s TheUrbanDaily.com as one of the most sought after young comedic voices on social and political issues.

He’s also been featured and seen on Tosh.o, Chelsea Lately, The Stephanie Miller Show, the hit web series “The Gentlemen’s Rant”, and the “Twitter Come Alive” national comedy tour. His debut comedy album “Undefeated” can be found on iTunes and you can catch him on various tour stops with international stand-up comedy giant Russell Peters.

Kenneth Lin

Kenneth Lin is a writer for House of Cards.