The Brave New World 2014-2015 Program Speakers
LENA WAITHE
Lena was recently named to Variety's 2014 “Top 10 Comics To Watch.”
Based on the traction her spec pilot CHIRAQ created, she was offered a position on the staff of FOX's long-running series, BONES.
Lena also worked as a producer and contributing writer on the film DEAR WHITE PEOPLE, which debuted this year at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival and sold to Lionsgate. Last year, she was named to the 2013 WGA Writers Access Project, which is designed to identify excellent, diverse writers with television staffing experience.
2014-2015 Program Schedule
Sony Pictures Studio, Stage 7
10202 West Washington Boulevard
Culver City, CA 90232
12:30 pm - 1:00 pm - Refreshments & Registration
1:00 pm - 6:00 pm
A valid ID for check in at the Sony gate
iPad, laptop or smart phone for note-taking
Program Location:
Please Bring:
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MIKE FLYNN
Mike Flynn hails from College Park, GA. He received his bachelor’s degree in Film, TV & New Media Production from San Diego State University. While still early in his career, he’s written produced episodes for ABC’s Life On Mars, Happy Town, and Detroit 1-8-7, for which he was nominated, along with the writing staff, for an NAACP Image Award for “Outstanding Drama Series”.
His fiction has appeared in various online publications. He has a screenplay titled TREETOP currently in pre-production and most recently wrote on the USA Network drama, RUSH.
DHANENDRA PATEL
Professional with over 30 Years of experience in both Television broadcast industry and Hollywood Cinema as a Studio and Digital Cinema System specialist.
Patel received his BSEE in London 1978 and worked at BBC Television as Studio Engineer in Drama, Comedy and Live production. Since coming to US, Patel worked for Ikegami Electronics as Senior Camera Engineer supporting both Sports and ENG cameras. In 1996, Patel joined Sony Electronics as Support Engineer and then became Sr. Product Manager for cameras such as F23, F35 and most recently F65.
