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Cherisse R. Leopold is a passionate comedy screenwriter with a unique female voice and years of storytelling experience. She specializes in creating sequences and beat sheets to guide projects from concept to draft. Plus, she thrives on collaborating with teams to shape market-ready scripts for major studios. As an Adjunct Screenwriting Professor, Cherisse helps students translate stories into a visual, cinematic language while teaching effective dialogue through symbolism and subtext. She adapts quickly to new needs and policies, and is always ready to take on new tasks and contribute to the success of the projects she works on.…Cherisse R. Leopold is a passionate comedy screenwriter with a unique female voice and years of storytelling experience. She specializes in creating sequences and beat sheets to guide projects from concept to draft. Plus, she thrives on collaborating with teams to shape market-ready scripts for major studios. As an Adjunct Screenwriting Professor, Cherisse helps students translate stories into a visual, cinematic language while teaching effective dialogue through symbolism and subtext. She adapts quickly to new needs and policies, and is always ready to take on new tasks and contribute to the success of the projects she works on.

Cherisse R. Leopold

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Cherisse R. Leopold is a passionate comedy screenwriter with a unique female voice and years of storytelling experience. She specializes in creating sequences and beat sheets to guide projects from concept to draft. Plus, she thrives on collaborating with teams to shape market-ready scripts for major studios. As an Adjunct Screenwriting Professor, Cherisse helps students translate stories into a visual, cinematic language while teaching effective dialogue through symbolism and subtext. She adapts quickly to new needs and policies, and is always ready to take on new tasks and contribute to the success of the projects she works on.…Cherisse R. Leopold is a passionate comedy screenwriter with a unique female voice and years of storytelling experience. She specializes in creating sequences and beat sheets to guide projects from concept to draft. Plus, she thrives on collaborating with teams to shape market-ready scripts for major studios. As an Adjunct Screenwriting Professor, Cherisse helps students translate stories into a visual, cinematic language while teaching effective dialogue through symbolism and subtext. She adapts quickly to new needs and policies, and is always ready to take on new tasks and contribute to the success of the projects she works on.

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Cherisse R. Leopold is a passionate comedy screenwriter with a unique female voice and years of storytelling experience. She specializes in creating sequences and beat sheets to guide projects from concept to draft. Plus, she thrives on collaborating with teams to shape market-ready scripts for major studios.

As an Adjunct Screenwriting Professor, Cherisse helps students translate stories into a visual, cinematic language while teaching effective dialogue through symbolism and subtext. She adapts quickly to new needs and policies, and is always ready to take on new tasks and contribute to the success of the projects she works on.

Skills

Microsoft Office

Canva

Squarespace

Experience Level

Microsoft Office

Expert

Canva

Intermediate

Squarespace

Intermediate

Work Experience

Adjunct Screenwriting Professor at Maharishi University

January 1, 2020 - Present

Engage students and assisting with writing their personal stories, teaching them to write in a visual format, building effective oral and written communication skills, ability to convey complex thoughts and ideas through symbolism and subtext for character dialogue.

Screenwriter at "Lo Sing It!"

January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2020

Development of this dark comedy feature screenplay, incorporating a female driven ensemble project with big commercial elements, working in collaboration with other screenwriters, contributing many ideas to improve the final rewrite based on feedback.

Screenwriter at "UNTITLED"

January 1, 2018 - January 1, 2019

Creating dynamic characters and plot lines with a central idea for a producer, making use of one location for the story of the script, enhancing the turning points for a short screenplay with an emotional nuance.

Writer’s Assistant at TALBURT ENTERTAINMENT

January 1, 2017 - January 1, 2018

Assisting in the creation of marketing engagements for the author, organizing and prioritizing work to complete assignments in an efficient manner, translating information through research from author’s notes into engaging stories.