Guest Lecture with writer Javier Grillo-Marxuach

Join our Arts, Media & Performance Department as they host a guest lecture with writer Javier Grillo-Marxuach on Tuesday, October 24th, at 3:30 pm in the AMP Theater.

When:
Tuesday, October 24th
3:30 pm

Where:
AMP Theater (Campus Map)

Javier Grillo-Marxuach is a prolific writer of television, movies, comic books, essays, and interactive media. He is best known as one of the Emmy Award-winning producers of Lost (Outstanding Drama Series, 2005) and Jim Henson's The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance (Outstanding Children's Program, 2020) and as creator of the comic book and ABC Family television series The Middleman.

Javi’s recent credits include executive-producing The Witcher, co-executive-producing Cowboy Bebop and consulting on Raising Dion - all for Netflix - as well as writing and producing for the first season of Blood and Treasure at CBS, and From at Epix. Javi is also co-host and co-creator (with fellow writer/producer/Puerto Rican, Jose Molina) of the Children of Tendu podcast, an educational series which aims to teach newcomers how to navigate the entertainment industry with decency and integrity.

As part of his ongoing efforts to support and encourage emerging writers, Javi participates in the WGA's Mentor program, he also taught (with Jose Molina) a monthly seminar for mid-level writers at the Writers Guild, and worked to institute the Grillo-Marxuach Family Scholarship, which provides financial aid and mentorship to students attending the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts Masters Degree in Screenwriting with a focus on the Latinx experience, as well as a scholarship for undergraduate creative writing majors at Carnegie Mellon University.

After graduating with a B.A. in creative writing and cultural studies from Carnegie Mellon University and earning an M.F.A. in screenwriting from the University of Southern California School of Cinema-Television. Javier Grillo-Marxuach is Puerto Rican, born and raised.