Wexler, Gerald

Gerald Wexler’s credits include; Margaret’s Museum, Genie for Best Screenplay; The Hunger, (writer/producer) the Showtime series featuring David Bowie and Terrance Stamp; Saint Urbain’s Horseman, CBC mini-series; Manuel, Le Fils Emprunté, 5 Best Film awards, competition Berlin; and numerous other TV and Film productions including Don’t Say Its Name, (Superchannel 2021), Best Screenplay award at a major genre festival.

Workshops and mentorships include Rogers/Black Screen Office, Bell Media Diverse Writers program and many others. He is available to talk to classes about the craft and business of scriptwriting and could give examples from his own and other films.  Also suggested is a pitching workshop where students in a class or workshop setting deliver an oral pitch for a short film or TV series for Gerald and the class to discuss. An experiential process like that is a great way to immediately get into the craft of creating a film or TV narratives.