WISH Charter – Spring Online Auction 2020
Auction Ends: Mar 22, 2020 10:00 PM PDT

Unique Experiences

Professional Breakfast with Working TV & Screenwriter

Item Number
1308
Estimated Value
500 USD
Sold
125 USD to ah1987327
Number of Bids
1  -  Bid History

Item Description

Jessica Sharzer made her feature writing and directing debut with SPEAK, starring Kristen Stewart and Steve Zahn. It premiered at Sundance in 2004 and was nominated for a Writers Guild Award and a Directors Guild Award. She has since developed feature films for Universal, HBO, MTV, Fox, Sony and Lionsgate. She wrote the 2016 feature film NERVE starring Dave Franco and Emma Roberts. She also adapted the novel A SIMPLE FAVOR starring Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively for director Paul Feig. She recently adapted the graphic novel BAD GIRLS for Netflix and the memoir THE RULES DO NOT APPLY for Participant and director Jill Soloway.  She is currently writing a romantic comedy for Channing Tatum at Universal.  She is also casting her feature adaptation of Yasunari Kawabata’s Beauty and Sadness to direct for Killer Films.  In television, Ms. Sharzer spent four seasons as a writer-producer on AMERICAN HORROR STORY. She has developed drama pilots for CBS, FOX, MTV and ABC networks.  She was a co-executive producer on Apple’s AMAZING STORIES with a drama pilot in development for Sam Raimi at WIIP.   She holds a Masters Degree from NYU where her thesis film THE WORMHOLE won the NYU Wasserman Award, the NY Magazine Award of Excellence and the Student Academy Award.  She is an adjunct professor of screenwriting in the USC Stark Producing program.

Item Special Note

To be used anytime within the next 12 months.

 

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