Dispatch From The Quest: Sandy Leviton & Miranda Sajdak

Over the course of the next 24 weeks when I will be working with the writers in The Quest, I will be posting ‘dispatches’ from them to the GITS community. There are several reasons for this, the main one being educational: Hopefully you will learn something of value for your own understanding of the craft from the experiences of the Questers.

I should also add they are a great group of people, so I expect you will enjoy getting to know them.

Today I would like to introduce the writing duo of Sandy Leviton and Miranda Sajdak:

Sandra is a Los Angeles based writer/ producer. Along with writing/ producer partner Miranda Sajdak, she recently founded Script Chix, a script & book coverage and networking events company. Their production company, Under The Stairs Entertainment, is currently working towards producing its first feature film. Prior to starting Under The Stairs, Sandra spent five years working in the Current Programming department at FX, working on over 20 original series including The Shield, Sons of Anarchy, It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia, Louie, and Justified. Previously, she worked in TV Lit at the Paradigm Talent and Literary Agency and as a production coordinator. Typically drawn to the strange and unusual, she enjoys traveling to haunted locations and Ripley’s Believe It or Not Museums.

Miranda Sajdak is a writer/producer currently living in Los Angeles. She has been assisting and doing coverage for a number of years for producers of films ranging from indie hits like Drive to studio features including Final Destination, American Pie, and the recent Seth Green vehicle Sexy Evil Genius, as well as television shows China, IL, Huge and My So-Called Life. She co-wrote/produced/directed the short Snapshot with Huge creator Savannah Dooley, which premiered at Outfest in 2010. She recently joined with producer and writing partner Sandra Leviton to co-found the company Script Chix, which provides coverage and networking opportunities to writers. She also works with Sandra’s production shingle as Vice President of Under the Stairs Entertainment. She enjoys hard-hitting dramas, dry comedies, and 90′s legal thrillers, as well as anything with a complex female lead.

Miranda and Sandy’s story concept is a high concept action-comedy that piqued my interest based on the title alone and I look forward to developing it with them in The Quest.

If you have any questions or comments for Sandy and Miranda, feel free to post them in comments.

Twitter: @ScriptChix.

Tomorrow: Meet another participant in the 2013 Quest Initiative.

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