"What Now? Media Opportunities for Today." Brian Bird, writer The Case For Christ, Co-Creator and Executive Producer of When Calls The Heart & Camille E. Tucker writer, The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel (Story by, Co-Writer), Cellular discuss faith, film and writing in the lockdown era.

This panel was a part of the Craft of Hollywood Workshop - An above the line look at today & tomorrow’s film production challenges - Sponsored by Peter Glenville Foundation and held Sat, June 27 2020. 

GUEST BIOS:

Brian Bird is a Writer-Producer of film and TV and a distinguished member of the 168 Film Board. He is the Writer of the recent Lee Strobel story, THE CASE FOR CHRIST, and Writer-Producer of WHEN CALLS THE HEART, now prepping its 6th season. Brian's 30-plus-year career in Hollywood includes: writing and producing 2013 feature film, CAPTIVE for Paramount Pictures, GAMETIME for NBC (2012), NOT EASILY BROKEN, adapted from the novel by T.D. Jakes, for Sony/Screen Gems (2009); THE RECKONING (2015), THE CONFESSION (2013) and THE SHUNNING (2011) for Hallmark and Sony Affirm, SAVING SARAH CAIN (2008) and THE LAST SIN EATER (20th Century Fox 2007), CALL ME CLAUS (2003) for Sony, and BOPHA! (1993) for Paramount, along with 300 episodes of TV, including: TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL, STEP BY STEP and EVENING SHADE.

Camille E. Tucker is a graduate of UCLA with a degree in English Literature/Creative Writing, Camille launched her filmmaking career with the short film "Sweet Potato Ride," executive produced by Bill Duke (Predator, Deep Cover, Sister Act II). She has sold screenplays to Sony, Universal, New Line, Fox TV and Disney studios and has worked with a number of prolific producers including Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal, Marc Platt, Stacey Snider, Todd Garner, Kevin Misher, Debra Chase and John Singleton. She has produced 6 short films and has won awards for several of them. "Cellular," which she wrote and directed, won Best Narrative Short at the 2013 Roxbury International Film Festival. She has also been a semi-finalist in the Motion Picture Academy's Nicholl Screenwriting Competition and a two-time Sundance Writer's Lab semi-finalist. Recently, she optioned her screenplay, "Blessed in the City," an inspirational romantic comedy, to a production company with a studio deal. In addition, Camille serves as a Professor of Screenwriting at Biola University. Camille enjoys teaching filmmaking to at-risk teens through the Bill Duke Youth Media Bootcamp. She is a member of the Writers Guild of America and Film Independent.