Stéphanie Joalland is a native from France and combines European flair and UCLA Screenwriting education. Stéphanie began as a reader for the French studios TF1 International and Canal Plus, evaluating hundreds of English language scripts from all over the world, allowing her to gain a deep understanding of storytelling. She then worked for the Youth and Drama Department of TF1 as a story editor, where she developed dozens of international animated shows co-produced between Europe and North-America, amongst which young audience favorites "Totally Spies" and Emmy-nominated "Pet Aliens". She created in Paris an animated SF TV show "Valérian et Laureline" for Luc Besson (Europa Corp) while her genre feature scripts were optioned by the French studios Pathé and Gaumont. In 2008, one of her spec screenplays was selected to be showcased at the prestigious IFP "Emerging Narrative" in NYC during the Independent Film Week. She was subsequently hired as writer and script doctor on numerous English-language feature film such as the multi-award winning Irish comedy "Cup Cake", and "Deadline" (starring Brittany Murphy and Thora Birch) written, produced and directed by fellow UCLA graduate Sean McConville. She has since set up a London UK-based production company, Frenzy Films, to produce and direct her own screenplays. Based out of Los Angeles, London and Toronto, she was chosen as the official script consultant for Raindance Canada in 2010. As a writer, she also develops TV series for Paris-based Marathon Images. Stéphanie has just been selected as a screenwriter for the highly regarded 2012 Berlinale Talent Campus taking place during the Berlin Film Festival.
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