Name: Augustus Schiff
Graduation Year: 2021
Feature Track or TV Track: TV Track
Contact Email: schiff.augustus@gmail.com
Short Bio: Augustus was born in Los Angeles to two professional actors. They did not want him to work in entertainment. They have since been disappointed. After studying history at the University of Chicago because he didn't have a clear plan for the future, Augustus returned to LA where he started working in the mail room at an agency. He did not like it there, but did like reading the scripts. He took up writing and enjoyed it enough to join UCLA to get better, albeit after about a year and a half of miscellaneous entertainment work. He hopes one day to overhear people he's never seen before discussing his work in a coffee shop.
Short Artist Statement: I write things I want to watch in five or so years.
Logline #1: NULL BUREAU - TV Show - An unprepared rookie of a secretive, anti-magic paramilitary group discovers her burgeoning magic powers are the center of a prophecy that pits the organization against modern witches against literal gods in a war for the very essence of reality.
Logline #2: BAGGAGE -TV Show - Two exes keep living together for the cheap rent. The fact that they're still in love is an unfortunate complication.
Logline #3: THE CASSIED - Feature - The descendant of a Trojan princess journeys with the sun god Apollo across a mythified New York City to remove her bloodline's curse.
Name three movies or TV shows that inspire you: Grand Budapest Hotel, Jojo Rabbit, Community
Graduation Year: 2021
Feature Track or TV Track: TV Track
Contact Email: schiff.augustus@gmail.com
Short Bio: Augustus was born in Los Angeles to two professional actors. They did not want him to work in entertainment. They have since been disappointed. After studying history at the University of Chicago because he didn't have a clear plan for the future, Augustus returned to LA where he started working in the mail room at an agency. He did not like it there, but did like reading the scripts. He took up writing and enjoyed it enough to join UCLA to get better, albeit after about a year and a half of miscellaneous entertainment work. He hopes one day to overhear people he's never seen before discussing his work in a coffee shop.
Short Artist Statement: I write things I want to watch in five or so years.
Logline #1: NULL BUREAU - TV Show - An unprepared rookie of a secretive, anti-magic paramilitary group discovers her burgeoning magic powers are the center of a prophecy that pits the organization against modern witches against literal gods in a war for the very essence of reality.
Logline #2: BAGGAGE -TV Show - Two exes keep living together for the cheap rent. The fact that they're still in love is an unfortunate complication.
Logline #3: THE CASSIED - Feature - The descendant of a Trojan princess journeys with the sun god Apollo across a mythified New York City to remove her bloodline's curse.
Name three movies or TV shows that inspire you: Grand Budapest Hotel, Jojo Rabbit, Community