SCREENWRITER SPOTLIGHT #7: Chandus Jackson

Chandus Jackson is an award-winning screenwriter, having recently participated in the inaugural Universal Emerging Writers Fellowship, Disney Feature Writing Fellowship and PGA Diversity workshop. His crime thriller screenplay Muti was voted to the 2015 Tracking Board Hitlist and recognized as one of the top specs of the year. Chandus presently has feature and TV projects in development and is repped by WME and Circle of Confusion.

Lee: You had a number of other careers before you got into screenwriting.

Chandus: I primarily had two careers before jumping into writing. I did ROTC in college, and it was one of those things that I did because I love the military, I love travel, I love doing things as ...

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