Creators, executive producers and showrunners of Nickelodeon’s Supah Ninjas and former executive producers and showrunners of the anime series Afro Samurai, Eric Garcia and Leo Chu, will host a free script writing workshop and share information on character-building, story structure and dialogue at the University of Hawaiʻi–West Oʻahu on Friday, March 11, 12:30–2:30 p.m. at the UH West Oʻahu Laboratory Building, E140. The team will also offer tips on pitching stories to Hollywood executives.
The presentation is free and open to students, faculty and the public.
The workshop is presented by the University of Hawaiʻi Academy for Creative Media System and the University of Hawaiʻi–West Oʻahu. For more information, contact UH West Oʻahu Creative Media Coordinator Sharla Hanaoka or Academy for Creative Media System Director Chris Lee.
More about Eric Garcia and Leo Chu
Garcia and Chu also created a hit Namco video game and Tor graphic novel series as well as writing and executive producing the sequel Afro Samurai: Resurrection, which made history as the first animé to win a Primetime Emmy Award. They developed pilots for NBC, FOX 21, MTV, Dreamworks, Spike and AwesomenessTV; and penned films for Sony, Warner Bros. and Disney.
More about the Creative Media Master Class
This Creative Media Master Class writing workshop is sponsored by the University of Hawaiʻi Academy for Creative Media System and UH West Oʻahu’s creative media concentration.
The masters series aims to increase student understanding of the art and business of content creation.
—By Julie Funasaki Yuen
