Screenwriter/director Hannah Lehmann: writing process, navigating development, and why rejection will ultimately make you better Video
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Screenwriter and director Hannah Lehmann joins the latest episode of Breaking Screen to talk about her writing process, how making a vertical series prepared her for feature film and TV, dealing with rejection, exploring the realities of working in the screen industry through her writing, and much more.
For her digital series Two Sides, Hannah won an Australian Directors Guild award and a Streamy Award. She created and directed The Unboxing for Seven Studios, and began her career with The Out There, a series she produced and wrote for Instagram.
Read Hannah's SubStack 'Still Losing': https://hannahlehmannworld.substack.com [https://hannahlehmannworld.substack.com/]
Currently, Hannah has a number of projects in development including her debut feature, the semi-autobiographical TV series Mirrorball, produced by Easy Tiger Productions, and several feature film adaptations.
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