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430: BREAKTHROUGH ARTISTS – UMAR AND KOBIE
In this episode, Hilliard chopped it up with Blue Monday Productions – Breakthrough Artist Award Alumni -- Umar White and Kobie Kiambu. These two writer/filmmakers hail from D.C and Maryland and are following their dreams on their journey to become showrunners. We go deep into their intense media backgrounds, meeting at college, making films, Umar becoming an editor -- Kobie working his way up in post, and their desire to relocate to Hollywood and follow their passion.
We go into how Umar moved to LA, quickly met showrunner Ben Watkins when he was on a panel and through some persistence, was encouraged to enter Ben’s Blue Monday Productions Breakthrough Artist Program. The program gives artists unfiltered access to the company for three months. Over those three months artists develop their talent while engrossing themselves in whatever part of the industry interests them… The partnership extends beyond the three months and continues to mentor and foster the artists by doing everything in their ability to accelerate their careers…
Soon after, Kobie also got into the program (while still living in Maryland), and as they say, the rest is history.
Tune in for this don’t miss episode y’all. So much inspiring game dropped throughout that you won’t want to miss!
Check out the ScreenWriterRR website at www.screenwritersrr.com for information, merch, or our Patreon!
Support the show via the Patreon link. Remember support is love! We invest countless hours per week to deliver the actionable content that goes into this podcast.
Connect with Us:
Chris Derrick on Twitter
Hilliard Guess on Twitter
Follow Umar on Instagram
Follow 295 Media on Instagram
The Screenwriters Rant Room on Facebook
Theme Song by @ThinkDeP
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In this episode, Hilliard chopped it up with Blue Monday Productions – Breakthrough Artist Award Alumni -- Umar White and Kobie Kiambu. These two writer/filmmakers hail from D.C and Maryland and are following their dreams on their journey to become showrunners. We go deep into their intense media backgrounds, meeting at college, making films, Umar becoming an editor -- Kobie working his way up in post, and their desire to relocate to Hollywood and follow their passion.
We go into how Umar moved to LA, quickly met showrunner Ben Watkins when he was on a panel and through some persistence, was encouraged to enter Ben’s Blue Monday Productions Breakthrough Artist Program. The program gives artists unfiltered access to the company for three months. Over those three months artists develop their talent while engrossing themselves in whatever part of the industry interests them… The partnership extends beyond the three months and continues to mentor and foster the artists by doing everything in their ability to accelerate their careers…
Soon after, Kobie also got into the program (while still living in Maryland), and as they say, the rest is history.
Tune in for this don’t miss episode y’all. So much inspiring game dropped throughout that you won’t want to miss!
Check out the ScreenWriterRR website at www.screenwritersrr.com for information, merch, or our Patreon!
Support the show via the Patreon link. Remember support is love! We invest countless hours per week to deliver the actionable content that goes into this podcast.
Connect with Us:
Chris Derrick on Twitter
Hilliard Guess on Twitter
Follow Umar on Instagram
Follow 295 Media on Instagram
The Screenwriters Rant Room on Facebook
Theme Song by @ThinkDeP
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