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THE WANTING
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Paula Brancato is not just a screenwriter but President of Brancato Productions and The Writers Place. Brancato produced the feature film SOMEWHERE IN THE CITY, winner of the Karlovy Vary Film Festival, starring Sandra Bernhard. She has also written SUBTERFUGE, optioned for packaging by CAA; DARLING JANE optioned by Sideshow Entertainment; ELLEN JERSEY, Stein Productions; LOVE YOU TO DEATH, sequel to CRIMES OF PASSION; and THE WANTING (16 screenwriting awards), optioned by Colossal Entertainment.
Brancato is the winner of the National Screenwriters, WINFEMME, Organization of Black Screenwriters and Houston Remy awards. Her films have also won the Karlovy Vary, Houston International Worldfest, Women of Color, Angelciti and African American Film festivals. She was a script finalist at Sundance and won the People's Pilot TV award.
Brancato currently runs the Harvard Club’s Poets and Writers Group. She has taught the filmmakers' thesis course at SUNY and USC. Brancato received her M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School where she was a Godfrey-Cabot fellow. She is a graduate of Hunter College and the Los Angeles Film School.