Creative
Advisors
Internationally
accomplished creative screenwriters from all around the world undertake the
role of Mosalsalat’s Creative Advisors; they join the Lab to guide the aspiring
screenwriters, honing and maximizing their creative talents, not just by
developing their entry projects, but also by equipping them with the necessary
tools and skills to guide them throughout all their future screenwriting
endeavors.
Following
is the list of Mosalsalat Screenwriters Lab’s Creative Advisors for its past,
and first, round, in addition to a brief bio for each:
Dave
Holstein
A Golden
Globe nominated creator, writer, and executive producer of “Kidding”. He was
previously a writer and an executive producer of the Showtime drama “I'm Dying
Up Here”, starring Melissa Leo, and the comedy series “The Brink”, starring Tim
Robbins and Jack Black. He was also a writer and producer on the final season
of “Raising Hope” and spent six years as a writer / producer on the Showtime
series “Weeds”.
Larry
Wilmore
An Emmy
winning TV writer and executive producer who has created shows such as ABC’s “Black-ish”,
HBO’s “Insecure”, and Fox’s “The Bernie Mac Show”, and has written for shows
such as NBC’s “The Office” and “The Fresh Prince of Bel Air”. Wilmore also
hosted, wrote, and executive produced “The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore” on
Comedy Central and currently hosts the podcast “Larry Wilmore: Black on the Air”.
Mariam
Naoum
An
Egyptian script writer who graduated with bachelor’s degree in screenwriting from
The Higher Institute of Cinema. Naoum is a leading social/feminist script
writer whose work addresses the challenges of those who are socially and
economically marginalized with a particular focus on women's issues. Among her
famous TV works: “One/Zero” (2009), “A Girl Named Zat” (2013), “Heat Wave”
(2013), “Segn Al-Nessa” (2014), “Under Control” (2015), and “Abu Omar Al-Masri”
(2018).
Mohammad
Btoush
A
Jordanian Scriptwriter and university lecturer. He wrote many historical,
Bedouin and social TV series in addition to different theater plays. Btoush
received the
State Merit Award in the field of Arts (2003) for his play
“Halima”. Among his famous TV works: “Wadha w Ibn Ajlan” (2007), “Abu Jaafar Al-Mansour”
(2008), “Samarqand” (2016), “Shoug” (2017), “Al-Muhallab Ibn Abi Sufra” (2018),
“Al-Majdee” (2018), and “Maqamat Al-Ishq” (2019).