Show Notes
My guest this episode is a maelstrom of talent, ideas and energy - one episode on this teeny tiny podcast is not enough to cover all the stories from one life well led. And storytelling is the work of Eirene Tran Donohue. As a screenwriter, she has worked in Hollywood for over a decade, with her most successful movie to date being Netflix's A Tourist Guide to Love.
We have a chat about the industry, creativity, Asian representation and the ongoing writers' strike.
Linky goodness - See Eirene's other work: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5149399/ - Eirene's single is out now on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1meji59RpgdqU8o0RdYZDu?si=Z4eM51zITx2rLw8L3Vk0vQ -Mai Donohue (Eirene's mum) has a memoir called Crossing the Bamboo Bridge:https://www.amazon.com.au/Crossing-Bamboo-Bridge-Memoirs-Luck-ebook/dp/B01LBOZDE6/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=crossing+the+bamboo+bridge&qid=1688909338&sprefix=crossing+the+bam%2Caps%2C309&sr=8-1
Song used for this episode is called Greatest of All Time by Beat Mekanik, from Free Music Archive used under a Creative Commons license. (CC BY).
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