News Release

IWV Campus

Cerro Coso Drama Department Offer Free Screenwriting Workshop

Ridgecrest, CA – June 9, 2004

The Cerro Coso Drama Department is pleased to offer a free Screenwriting Workshop on Saturday, June 26th from 12 - 4 pm in the Cerro Coso Lecture Center. The workshop will feature author and screenwriter John Scott Lewinski. Lewinski will discuss his experience in the film industry as well as provide participants insight and basic instruction in the business of screenwriting. The workshop is free and open to the public. All interested are encouraged to attend.

John Scott Lewinski writes screenplays, books, interactive games, sketch comedy and magazine articles out of Los Angeles, CA. Lewinski started out researching, writing and producing public affairs programs for WMVS/WMVT -- PBS in Milwaukee, WI. After moving to Hollywood, he got his first job as a writer's assistant for Steven E. de Souza (Die Hard, 48 Hours, Tomb Raider) and for the Black Entertainment Television comedy series, Comicview. He worked his way up to staff writer and wrote several sketches for the Comicview Players.
Lewinski's interactive writing includes contributions to the multi-million selling CD-ROM games LucasArts' "Star Wars: Demolition," Broderbund's "Riven, The Sequel to Myst," "Command & Conquer II - Tiberian Sun," "Command & Conquer - Red Alert" and "The Journeyman Project 3, Legacy of Time." His feature articles on game writing and interactive industry trends currently appear in Amazing Stories Magazine and Game Developer Magazine.

Lewinski holds a Master of Fine Arts degree in Screenwriting from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles and a B.A. in Journalism from Marquette University. He completed his study of English Literature at Exeter College, University of Oxford. UK.

For further information, please contact Melinda Fogle in the Cerro Coso Drama Department at 384-6114. The workshop is sponsored by the CCCC Student Activities Advisory Council.

 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
Joann Handeland, Director of Facilities Development and Services (760) 384-6230