Lisa received a degree in  screenwriting from USC Film School. Following college, she spent the next decade working in the entertainment industry as a development executive. Lisa has worked with producer Lynda Obst (HOPE FLOATS) and at Universal Studios. After completing Writers Boot Camp Think Tank, Lisa returned to screenwriting full time. In addition to her writing career, she teaches Writers Boot Camp's Six-Week and Think Tank courses in Los Angeles.

David Baugnon
Writers Boot Camp Think Tank, Career Development Program, New York

David is applying his degree in Broadcast Production to his work in Film & Commercial production as well as writing and directing short films and documentaries. David began his teaching career in the early 90's as the head English instructor at the KEC Foreign Language Institute in Osaka, Japan.  In addition to being a graduate of the Writers Boot Camp Think Tank Program in New York, David has also completed several renowned acting, directing, photography and writing programs. His screenplay, CODE OF ETHICS, was optioned by Thousand Yard Films.

Jason Brown
Writers Boot Camp Think Tank, Career Development Program, New York

Jason began his career in show business at the ripe old age of three while starring in a dog food commercial. A little later in life he was a finalist in the Young Playwrights Festival in New York, where his play was produced by Joe Papp at the Public Theater. The play went on to become a primetime special produced by Group W and won a New England Emmy and a Peabody Award. Jason received a degree in Film & Broadcasting from Boston University, and after moving to New York worked at organizations including the Dramatists Guild, MTV, VH1, and as a freelancer with numerous film companies. Jason is a graduate of the Writers Boot Camp Six Week and Think Tank programs.

Linda Coler
Writers Boot Camp Think Tank, Career Development Program, Los Angeles

Linda, who was born in Queens, New York, is a graduate of UCLA’s school of Theater, Film and Television. In 1998 she was hired as a Staff Writer on HOMER’S WORKSHOP, a children’s television show funded by Home Depot and produced by Big Kid Productions. She worked on the Tia Carrere action adventure, RELIC HUNTER, and wrote the pilot for COOKIN’ & JAMMIN’, a cooking show starring Della Reese. Linda’s television pilot, THE BORDER, which she wrote (with partner Sherri Parker Lee) while in Michael Lippman’s Peer Group, was optioned in 2003 by Jennifer Lopez’ production company, Nuyorican Productions. The project is now being championed by Bonnie Curtis and Lee Clay at Dreamworks.

She has optioned several full-length features, including NEXTGEN, a sci-fi action film that she re-wrote (with partner Janis Thomas) during her first twelve weeks in Think Tank. Linda was a grant writer for Steven Spielberg’s Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation. In addition to instructing, she spends her non-writing workdays assisting her father, a marketing master-turned producer.

Jason Glassman
Writers Boot Camp Six-Week Course, Los Angeles

Jason Glassman arrived in Los Angeles in the summer of 1992 with a plan. He was going to sell a screenplay by the end of the year and win an Oscar by 1995. Sadly, this did not happen. Instead, this naive rube, graduated from the University of Colorado and found a job working as an intern for Writers Boot Camp. After working the production assistant circle for a few years, Jason finally got his big break in the summer of 1997, selling two 1/2 hour comedy pilots to MTV: Kung Pow and Band of Spies. In 1999 he sold "Doomsday", a 13 episode TV series to UPN with producing partners Film Roman and Howard Stern Productions. That same year he resold Kung Pow to USA network with Lions Gate, New Line Television and Brett Ratner as producing partners. Presently, Jason is working on several feature specs, is earning his masters degree in American Literature at Claremont Graduate University and teaches Basic Training at Writers Boot Camp in Los Angeles. He is survived by his wife Genoveva and a one weeping Ficus.

Jason Graham
Writers Boot Camp Think Tank, Career Development Program, Los Angeles

Jason began his career in the entertainment business as a talent representative, working first in an agency mailroom and eventually as a Talent Manager at a Management/Production company. He left representation in order to pursue a career as a screenwriter, and after almost three years as Writers Boot Camp’s Director of Development, he has segued to writing full time while serving as an Instructor for WBC’s career development program.

 

Stephen Hoban

Writers Boot Camp Think Tank Career Development Program, New York

 

Stephen began his teaching career as a Greek instructor in the classics program at the University of Oxford, where he received his masters. After returning to New York, he spent the next few years working in the arts and writing freelance before taking Writers Boot Camp Six Week and Think Tank courses. In addition to his teaching duties, he is currently marketing several scripts developed in Think Tank and continues to be active in the local arts and film communities.  

 

 

Michael Lippman

Writers Boot Camp Think Tank, Career Development Program, Los Angeles

 

Michael has the theater in his veins. A theatrical director since high school, Michael produced Shakespeare plays at Brown University and founded The Hidden Theater in Los Angeles, where he also served as artistic director. Michael wrote the screenplay, FREUD AND JUNG, during Writers Boot Camp's Think Tank. He optioned the script with Richard Dreyfuss playing the role of Freud and Paul Mazursky (DOWN AND OUT IN BEVERLY HILLS) directing. He has several other projects in various stages of development around town.

 

 

Andrew Stein

Writers Boot Camp Think Tank, Career Development Program, New York 

 

Andy has taught over 50 cycles of Writers Boot Camp's renowned six-week program since starting with WBC in 1995. Before taking Writers Boot Camp, Andy earned his Masters Degree in Film from Columbia University and studied Filmmaking at NYU. In addition to teaching Writers Boot Camp's Think Tank sessions in New York, Andy writes fulltime. He has worked as a script reader for director Alan Pakula, Martin Bregman Productions, and George Romero's Laurel Entertainment. He has optioned projects to James Spader and to Martin Sheen's Symphony Pictures and currently has projects in active development with Maverick Films and Nostromo Films.

 

Adam Tobin

Writers Boot Camp Think Tank, Career Development Program
and Six Week Course, New York

 

Adam Tobin graduated from Stanford University and received an MFA in Screenwriting from USC School of Cinema-Television. He has written projects for ESPN, ABC, Lifetime and the National Basketball Association. His feature script ODD JOBS was a finalist in Project Greenlight 2, and he was creator and co-executive producer of the series "Best Friend's Date" on "the N" cable network. Before moving to New York, Adam worked as a story analyst for Jim Henson Pictures in Los Angeles.