Professionally Funny: Comedy Screenwriting Event in Los Angeles on 5/28

ScreenCraft and The Scriptwriters Network have teamed up to bring you this exclusive live event at the Los Angeles Film School.  Come hear from the writers behind WEDDING CRASHERS, CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM, THE MASK, THE DICTATOR, EUROTRIP and many more!

When: Wednesday May 28th at 7:30pm

Where: Los Angeles Film School

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Our esteemed panelists are:

Steve Kaplan

Mr. Kaplan has been the industry’s most sought-after expert on comedy writing, consulting for companies such as HBO, DreamWorks Animation, Disney, Aardman Animation and others. In addition to having taught at UCLA, NYU, Yale and other top universities, he created the HBO Workspace, the HBO New Writers Program and was co-founder and Artistic Director of Manhattan’s Punch Line Theatre.

Bob Fisher

Bob Fisher is a writer and producer, known for his hit comedy WEDDING CRASHERS starring Owen Wilson. His most recent project WE'RE THE MILLERS starring Jennifer Aniston for Warner Brothers has grossed more than $100 million at the box office.

Mike Werb

Mike Werb received his undergraduate degrees from Stanford and began a burlesque climb up the well-greased Hollywood ladder by entering the UCLA Master's program in screenwriting. He has since worked for every major studio. His big break was writing the screenplay for the Jim Carrey comedy THE MASK. Mike co-wrote and co-produced (with Michael Colleary) the action-thriller FACE/OFF directed by John Woo and starring John Travolta and Nicolas Cage.  Werb co-wrote LARA CROFT: TOMB RAIDER starring Angelina Jolie, and the WB's flashy flop TV series TARZAN starring Travis Fimmel's abs.  Recent film credits include the well-reviewed animated hit CURIOUS GEORGE (Universal/Imagine), the family comedy FIREHOUSE DOG (New Regency/Fox) and UNNATURAL HISTORY -- a live-action-adventure series for Warner Horizon and the Cartoon Network.

David Mandel

David H. Mandel is a graduate of Harvard University. He is an executive producer and director of CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM, and one of the producers and writers of the hit comedy EUROTRIP. He was a writer for SEINFELD during its seventh, eighth, and ninth seasons. He also has written for SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE.

Richard Whitely

Richard Whitley began his career by co-writing the cult classic ROCK ‘n ROLL HIGH SCHOOL for drive-in movie legend Roger Corman. This lead to writing screenplays for Tri-Star, Universal, Warner Bros., United Artists, MGM and 20th Century Fox, as well as scripts for producer Joel Silver and directors Amy Heckerling and Joel Schumacher. In television, Richard has written on the dramas, SPACE: ABOVE & BEYOND,MILLENNIUM,ROSWELL, THE OTHERS,CANTERBURY’s LAW, and ABC’s Emmy nominated HOMEFRONT, as well writing pilots for CBS, Showtime and NBC/DREAMWORKS. He’s also written on ROSEANNE, ARLI$$, THE DAILY SHOWand was a writer/producer on Michael Moore’s Emmy nominated TV NATION. He’s written articles for the WGA’s Written By, contributed to NATIONAL LAMPOON magazine and has written episodes of Disney’s highly acclaimed animated series’RECESS and LLOYD IN SPACE and the Hub Channel’s POUND PUPPIES. Richard is an accomplished teacher of both film and TV. He also spent one Christmas with the Ramones and is more than happy to talk about it.

Joe Farrell

Joe Farrell is the Director of Development for television and film at Funny or Die.  He is a Co-Executive Producer on Comedy Central's @midnight and the upcoming Discovery Channel series American Muscle.  

Come meet some of the most sought-after comedy writers working in Hollywood! 

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