17 | Screenwriting As A Career (+ WGA Questions) w/ Jonathan Fernandez

The Screenwriting Life with Meg LeFauve and Lorien McKenna

Meg LeFauve & Lorien McKenna

Tv & Film

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 11 October 2020

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Questions about the professional life of a screenwriter? WGA questions? We've got you covered; we're THRILLED to be joined by writer Jonathan Fernandez, who, in addition to writing Rob The Mob starring Ray Romano, is a board member for the WGA. But first, of course, we give you our adventures in screenwriting, and very important burrito talk.

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0:00.0	Hey, welcome to the screenwriting life. I'm Meg Lafour. And I'm Lorraine McKenna. We are
0:05.2	professional screenwriters. We've worked together as a team and separately. We've worked
0:09.1	on studio and indie films, live action, and animation, from my work on Inside Out and
0:13.8	Captain Marvel. To my work in Pixar Story Department on Up, Brave, and Inside Out.
0:17.9	We are here to share our insights on the craft of screenwriting and also the lights had a not only
0:24.0	survive the ups and downs but thrive. We want to help you become the best
0:27.8	screenwriter you can be and to reassure you that you are not alone on this journey.
0:32.0	Hey guys welcome to today's show.
0:34.2	We are so excited to be here with you.
0:37.0	I've had a long week, I don't even know why,
0:38.9	but it just feels long.
0:41.1	And hanging out with Lorian and our guest today was what I was really
0:44.8	looking forward to. Today our topic is screenwriting as a career which I'm
0:50.4	really interested in hearing about. We took questions on the Facebook page and have a guest to help us answer them.
0:58.0	Our guest is Jonathan Fernandez. Jonathan is an amazing human who I've known for years. I'm so lucky. He
1:06.4	started his career in Hollywood as Roger Corman's assistant and left as
1:11.2	president of Rogers Company.
1:13.4	He went on to work for legendary producer Dino de Laurentis
1:17.4	and was the executive producer of the Kurt Russell film Breakdown,
1:21.8	a number one hit at the box office, by the way.
1:25.3	Jonathan has written features for 20th Century Fox, Warner Brothers and Sony, as well as
1:29.9	television pilots for NBC, ABC, CBS, and now Peacock.
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