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Z. Eric Yang shooting his Oscar-winning thesis film The State of Sunshine

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Timothy Long

Head of Writing Area

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(888) 644-7728

As a writer Tim Long has had projects in development at New Line Cinema, The Donners’ Company, MTV Films, Paramount Pictures, Sony, and Universal Pictures. In addition to writing the original screenplay for the feature film Slaughter, released theatrically by Lionsgate, Mr. Long’s other screenwriting credits include; Shanghai 1920, which was shot on location in China, and starred John Lone (The Last Emperor, The Moderns, The Shadow). He also wrote the original screenplay Undeclared War, which starred Olivia Hussey (Romeo and Juliet, Lonesome Dove) and was directed by Ringo Lam (Maximum Risk, City on Fire).

Mr. Long has well over a decade of graduate level teaching experience, overseeing the story development and writing of more than four-hundred short films, among them numerous Student Academy Award winners. His writing students have gone on to be represented by ICM, CAA, and William Morris Agency.

Mr. Long is a highly regarded screenplay consultant, named among the top six consultants in the country by Creative Screenwriting Magazine.