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\u201cWinning contests does open doors,\u201d he adds. \u201cI get requests for my scripts out of the blue and chances to pitch my projects.\u201d In 2018, Glenn and his production team pitched his original TV series \u2018The Blanked<\/strong>\u2019 to blackpills<\/em> and came close to having it produced. The story is about a criminal and a woman he abducted that have their memories erased in the aftermath of their horrific incident so that they can resume their lives with fresh starts, but through the perfect storm of events life brings them back together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In 2017, Glenn co-produced \u2018Nobodies<\/strong>,\u2019 a short film\nstarring Keith Harris that won several film festival awards. <\/p>\n\n\n\n What\nprojects are you currently working on?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n This year, I\u2019m developing three TV series \u2013 MadamJustice, Binary Sky<\/strong>andWalker<\/strong>. Madam Justice<\/strong> is very topical with what is happening today. The series revolves around a U.S. Supreme Court Justice who is trying to keep her Alzheimer\u2019s a secret, so she doesn\u2019t get removed from the court by the dark political forces in Congress. She also happens to be lesbian, though that is not the focus of the story. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Binary Sky <\/strong>takes place when two planets share the\nsame sky for a brief period when their orbits bring them very close\ntogether. The story revolves around guy\ntrying to rescue his little sister from the extraplanetary species who abducted\nher. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Walker <\/strong>is about a man who becomes paralyzed from a\ncar accident but acquires the ability to connect with unconscious crime victims\nand meets them in a place in between life and death. <\/p>\n\n\n\n I\u2019m still chomping at\nthe bit to work on my feature script Hereafter<\/strong>, which is aboutan\nFBI-profiler trying to hunt down a serial killer in Matrix-like cyberworld\nbefore his daughter gets killed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n What\nmakes a great film for you? Are there\ncertain qualities that make a film better for you?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n I love films with fresh concepts that have a deep emotional\nthread woven into the story and have characters that are memorable. Somewhere in Time and Inception are movies\nthat successfully mashed a cool sci-fi concept with a compelling romance. Arrival and Ad Astra are recent examples of\nsimilar skillful screenwriting in sci-fi with emotional subtext. <\/p>\n\n\n\n It\u2019s hard to beat great concepts that deliver on the premise,\nsuch as Three Days of Condor, Memento, Matrix, Gladiator, The Godfather,\nShawshank Redemption, The Six Sense and Unforgiven. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In the end, however, it\u2019s the acting that propels a film into the Oscar stratosphere, like Shirley MacLaine in \u2018Terms of Endearment,\u2019 Adrien Brody in \u2018The Pianist,\u2019 Murray Abraham in \u2018Amadeus,\u2019 and Meryl Streep in almost any movie she\u2019s in. <\/p>\n\n\n\n As a\nscreenwriter, what is the most important aspect of building a character? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n I think flawed, likeable characters with very specific\npersonality traits make them memorable and relatable. When you see protagonists trying to overcome\ntheir flaws to achieve their goals and fail, it makes us cheer for them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Top 3\nfavorite projects that you have been involved in?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Three years ago, I partnered with a brilliant screenwriter to co-write the feature script \u2018Glimpse.<\/strong>\u201d The story revolves around a female District Attorney, who after experiencing a vision of a future murder, tries to stop it from happening. I learned a lot about character development from this collaboration. The script subsequently won or placed in several contests and garnered interest by a Chinese production company. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Last year, I was asked to adapt a novel into a\nscreenplay. A great opportunity,\nright? Yes, but I passed. I learned adaptations are not my thing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Do you\nexpress yourself creatively in any other ways?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n When I was kid growing up in the Bronx, I found drawing\nportraits to be an incredible escape from the harsh reality of living in the\nprojects. After a while, my art teacher\ntook notice and encouraged me to continue. \nI often visualized a life as a painter and art gallery owner in midtown\nManhattan. Nowadays, I just admire other\npeople\u2019s work. <\/p>\n\n\n\n What\nadvice would you give to someone who wants to have a career in filmmaking?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n I\u2019d get a degree from a top film school where graduates are\nrecruited by the big movie studios. You\u2019ll\nget the opportunity to network directly with emerging directors, producers and\nactors. However, set a 5-year plan. If it doesn\u2019t work out by then, move onto\nanother career and downgrade filmmaking to a hobby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What can\nwe expect from you in 2020?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n My goal is to take one project across the finish line. Stay tuned. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/nyglamour.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Walker-Poster-created-by-GA-1024x576.png\")
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