Name Cynthia Whitcomb Role Television writer | Awards Paul Selvin Award | |
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Education University of California, Los Angeles, Pasadena High School Shows I Know My First Name Is Steven Nominations Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special Movies I Know My First Name Is Steven, Selma - Lord - Selma, Presumed Guilty Similar People JP Miller, Rod Hardy, Sam Elliott, Anjelica Huston, Charles Burnett | ||
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Cynthia Whitcomb is an American television screenwriter. She has been nominated for numerous awards including the Emmy, the Edgar and the Humanitas Prize.
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Background
In 1969, Whitcomb graduated from Pasadena High School in Pasadena, California where she studied drama under Abel Franco. While she was a freshman at UCLA, Franco gave her one of her first professional writing assignments. She received $25 in advance and $25 upon completion to write, "Here," a spoof of the musical, Hair. However, the play was never produced due to censorship.
Theatre
Holidazed Written with Marc Acito
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