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The fourth Faculty Pub Night of the 2023-24 season features Weiko Lin, associate professor of screenwriting (School of Film and Television). He will discuss his recent publication, "Crazy Screenwriting Secrets: How to Capture a Global Audience."

About Faculty Pub Night

Students, staff, faculty, alumni, and members of the public are all invited to the 2023-24 series of Faculty Pub Night at the William H. Hannon Library. Eight LMU professors are selected annually to discuss their latest publication or project in a comfortable setting and format that welcomes diverse perspectives for an inclusive conversation aimed to educate the entire community. All Faculty Pub Nights are free and open to the public.

About the Author's Work

"We consume stories by how we eat. The way we eat is how we tell stories.”

That was the ingredient behind Weiko Lin’s book “Crazy Screenwriting Secrets: How to Capture a Global Audience (Michael Wiese Productions, 2019) / Traditional Chinese edition - 好萊塢劇本創作術 (Briefing Press, 2022) where he breaks down the craft of feature screenwriting through a culinary approach. The first half of the book guides the reader in how to create and develop: Story Idea, Characters, One Page Step Outline, and the solid script. In the second half, the book covers professional business side of the ever-changing industry by taking the reader through the work flow of Hollywood. As media giants like Netflix, Amazon, and Disney produce international scripted local language content, the book also explores how to work creatively with international countries like China in producing movies that resonate with a global audience. In correlation with the Chinese edition of his book, the author created the official Simplified and Traditional Chinese template for the number one best selling professional screenwriting software Final Draft in 2023.

About the Author

Graduate Director of Screenwriting and Associate Professor Weiko Lin at School of Film and Television earned his M.F.A. in Film and Television and B.A. in English Creative Writing from UCLA.

Fluent in Mandarin, Weiko is a writer/producer and author who explore Asian diaspora and create global narrative content. Currently, he is developing a Disney Plus Asia Pacific One Hour original series and a feature biopic about an American flying ace of World War II with Oscar nominee Andrew Lazar attached to produce.His past commissioned works include feature adaptation of New York Times best-selling memoir RIVER TOWN by MacArthur Fellow Peter Hessler and a series pilot based on a Penguin YA novel for Super Deluxe. He has written projects for The Mark Gordon Company, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, Ivanhoe Pictures/SK Global, Don Mischer Productions, and Wanda Pictures. He wrote the original story for and produced the Chinese romance film 100 DAYS 真愛100天 that world premiered at Hawaii International Film Festival and was an official selection at the 23rd Golden Rooster Hundred Flowers Film Festival in Mainland China.

An Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Nicholl Fellowship Finalist and Samuel Goldwyn Writing Award recipient, Weiko joined LMU last year from Emerson College. A current-active member of Writers Guild of America West, he previously served as co-chair of the guild’s Asian American Writers committee. He is represented by Anonymous Content and United Talent Agency.

About the William H. Hannon Library

The William H. Hannon Library fosters excellence in academic achievement through an array of distinctive services that enable learners to feed their curiosity, experience new worlds, develop their ideas, inform their decision-making, and inspire others. More information can be found at http://library.lmu.edu

For more information about this event, contact the Outreach and Engagement team at the William H. Hannon library via email at library.outreach@lmu.edu or call 310-338-5234.