Karin Lee
Karin Lee is one of three recipients of the program for Western Canada which begins February 26, 2015 in Vancouver and includes a one-week hands on writing workshop, followed by a 12 week mentorship with Writer’s Guild of Canada story editor to develop script and series material. Karin’s television series Plan B – a workplace comedy about a sexual health clinic, was selected to develop during the program.
Karin Lee has won a Gemini from the Canadian Academy for Film and Television, and was recently recognized as the 2014 Film and New Media Artist by the City of Vancouver’s Mayor’s Arts Awards. She has been writing, directing, editing and producing documentary, drama, experimental and installation works for the past 20 years. Plan B – the pilot, was Karin’s MFA thesis film, and is her first foray into creating television series.
More about the Bell Media Diverse Screenwriters Program:
The Program
The Writers Guild of Canada (WGC) and Bell Media are proud to present a program connecting writers of diverse backgrounds with members of the Canadian television industry, and industry professionals with rising talent.
Each year, the Bell Media Diverse Screenwriters program offers 16 emerging and mid-career writers the opportunity to sharpen their skills, and gain key insider contacts and knowledge in the Canadian television industry. It also awards two participants with a paid internship in the writers room of a Bell Media television series.
The program is offered separately for Western Canada (west of Ontario) and Eastern Canada (east of Manitoba). There’s a one-week hands-on bootcamp for each session featuring some of Canada’s leading showrunners, screenwriters, broadcast executives, producers and literary agents. This is followed by a 12-week mentorship where each writer is teamed with an experienced WGC story editor to hone their script and pitch materials.
In the end, all complete the program with a polished calling card to the industry, an enhanced professional network and everything they need to know to break into TV writing.
The program is offered free-of-charge to participants and is made possible through the CTV-CHUM tangible benefits.
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