{"id":3004,"date":"2017-02-21T19:11:28","date_gmt":"2017-02-21T19:11:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beaweb.org\/conv\/?page_id=3004"},"modified":"2017-03-17T20:13:00","modified_gmt":"2017-03-17T20:13:00","slug":"a-conversation-with-christina-wayne-and-melissa-grego","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.beaweb.org\/conv\/a-conversation-with-christina-wayne-and-melissa-grego\/","title":{"rendered":"A Conversation with Christina Wayne and Melissa Grego"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=&#8221;3_4&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>A Conversation with Christina Wayne and Melissa Grego Monday, April 24 | 11:30 am &#8211; 12:45 pm<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beaweb.org\/images\/Grego.jpg\" width=\"150\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beaweb.org\/images\/Christina Wayne headshot.png\" width=\"150\" \/>Christina Wayne develops and produces scripted dramas worldwide, including <em>I\u2019m Dying Up Here<\/em> for Showtime (currently in production) and nine one-hour cable dramas in active development at Cinemax, Amazon, WGN, USA, A+E and BBC America. Prior to creating Assembly Entertainment, she was President at Cineflix Studios, where she was an executive producer on BBC America\u2019s <em>Copper<\/em>.\u00a0 She was also Senior VP of scripted series\/miniseries for AMC, where she shepherded the development and production on such hit shows as <em>Mad Men<\/em> and <em>Breaking Bad<\/em>. Wayne is also the founder of Assembly Entertainment\u2019s TV School &#8211; an ongoing online course that teaches the lessons and tools needed to create a sellable and producible cable television series. Melissa Grego, founder of conference and consulting company Melinc and former Editor-in-Chief of <em>Broadcasting &amp; Cable<\/em>, will interview Assembly Entertainment CEO Christina Wayne during a session at BEA2017. The two will discuss the opportunities for college students within the changing entertainment industry, how to break in and lessons and insights from Ms. Wayne\u2019s vast career as a top writer, producer, entrepreneur and executive.[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_4&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221;][dfads params=&#8217;groups=72&amp;limit=1&amp;orderby=random&#8217;][\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"et_pb_section et_pb_section_0 et_section_regular\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_row et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row_empty\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_row et_pb_row_1 et_pb_row_empty\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> A Conversation with Christina Wayne and Melissa Grego Monday, April 24 | 11:30 am &#8211; 12:45 pm Christina Wayne develops and produces scripted dramas worldwide, including I\u2019m Dying Up Here for Showtime (currently in production) and nine one-hour cable dramas in active development at Cinemax, Amazon, WGN, USA, A+E and BBC America. 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