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TEACHERS

LYKKE STRUNK (DK)
Lykke Strunk is an independent filmmaker. Works with documentary as well as fiction. Studied and worked in London for 10 years and holds a BA (Hons) in Scriptwriting for different media (film, television, theatre and radio) and an MA in Screenwriting and Documentary Filmmaking. Experienced script reader and script editor plus former member and tutor with London Screenwriter’s Workshop (now Euroscript).

VALERIA RICHTER (DE-DK)
Valeria Richter works in the field of script- and project development. She has the label, Writers Write Films, a forum for new initiatives, workshops and events. She works as a story editor, reader, scout, and develops/runs workshops. She is Project Development Manager with the international production fund, TorinoFilmLab, collaborating with selected projects on their individual development process through the 9 months of preparation for the final production award event. She works with the European script development programme, Script&Pitch Workshops, as content manager and coaches the story editor trainees. Valeria has worked as a tutor on workshops, such as NisiMasa’s European Short Pitch, Maia Workshops (group tasks for producers) and POWR (for writers and producers).

RHEA LEMAN (USA)
Rhea Leman has written and directed for TV, Radio and Theater. She is a graduate of the renowned Northern European screenwriting development program, North by Northwest . Her teaching focuses on the Frank Daniel’s method of screenwriting – a method she finds, gives each participant the tools to transform their own stories into dynamic and original screenplays. Most recently, she finished her four-year term as Chairman of The Danish Council for the Performing Arts and a member of The Danish Arts Council.

DARIN MAILAND-MERCADO (USA)
Darin Mailand-Mercado received his Masters degree in screenwriting from the American Film Institute in LA and since has worked as a dramaturgy instructor at the Danish Film School, the European Film College, and Super 16. He’s been an episodic writer and story consultant for the TV show ‘Nynne’ and has film projects in development with production companies in Denmark and Los Angeles. He focuses on teaching the principles behind the ‘3 Act’ story structure as well as the sequence approach to screenwriting.

MARIA LUNDBORG (DK)
Cand. Mag. i Litteraturvidenskab og Anvendt Visuel Kommunikation fra Odense Universitet. Hun har undervist i manuskriptskrivning og filmdramaturgi i en årrække og nu arbejder hun som manuskriptkonsulent. Fra professionelle filmfolk på AVK har hun fået kompetencer i film- og tv-produktion og gennem fem år har hun haft ansvaret for videoværkstedet på Københavns Tekniske Skole. Her har hun undervist i hele processen fra ide til færdig film og fungeret som konsulent på elevernes produktioner.Fra hendes arbejde på forskellige filmproduktioner, har hun erfaring med branchen. Hun er mentor på Odense Filmværksted.

FENELLA GREENFIELD (UK)
Fenella Greenfield was a trustee of the Screenwriters' Workshop for many years, helping to launch Euroscript as an SW European initiative. She has worked as both script editor and tutor for both organisations. She sits on the NPA (New Producers Alliance) Board representing screenwriters and serving on the Short Film committee. She has written broadcast scripts for radio and television. She’s a TV promo director and has won awards both here and in the States for her work. Check out her latest promos for June Sarpong on YouTube: Sally Dunn: Accidental MP and A Blonde Moment.

CHARLES HARRIS (UK)
Charles Harris is an experienced award-winning writer-director for cinema and TV who has worked with top names in the industry from James Stewart to Spike Milligan, Ricky Tomlinson and Alexei Sayle. As script consultant, he has helped writers from Britain, Europe and USA, sat on BAFTA awards juries and lectured on MA courses at London University and London Film School. Also catch him each month in the Sky Indies Director's Chair.

BO HR. HANSEN (DK)
Bo hr. Hansen has written screenplays, teleplays, plays for the theatre and books with poems and stories. He has worked with severel directors, among others Thomas Vinterberg, Ole Christian Madsen and Pia Bovin. He wrote the screenplay for Peter Schønau Fogs “The Art of Crying” which won Nordic Council’s Film Prize in 2007.

MARSHA ANN HENRIKSEN (USA)
Marsha Ann Henriksen began operating her own successful Danish-American English translation firm within Denmark in 1987. Worked for many writers (In China They Eat Dogs), directors, and producers such as Anders Thomas Jensen, Lasse Spang Olsen and, most recently, Ms. Eva Juel Hammerich. Her work includes a full range of dramatic and documentary scripts for both adults and children: produced (including Gøngehøvdingen and Taxa) as well as non-produced television screenplays and program scripts, short and feature film scripts, post-production film process, and international co-production projects.Her first major translation client, Danmarks Radio, utilized her services for 8 years through its TV Sales and Marketing Department.