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Native fluent in Mandarin, Weiko is currently developing a Disney Plus Asia Pacific original series and a feature World War II biopic with Mad Chance (AMERICAN SNIPER) attached to produce. Previously, Weiko adapted New York Times best-selling memoir RIVER TOWN by MacArthur Fellow Peter Hessler for Fugitive Films and director Lu Chuan (Disney's BORN IN CHINA) and a series pilot based on a Penguin YA novel for Super Deluxe. He has written projects for The Mark Gordon Company, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, Ivanhoe Pictures/SK Global, Don Mischer Productions, and Wanda Pictures. Credits as original story writer and producer include Chinese romance film 100 DAYS 真愛100天 that world premiered at Hawaii International Film Festival and was an official selection at the 23rd Golden Rooster Hundred Flowers Film Festival in Mainland China. An AMPAS Nicholl Fellowship Finalist, Samuel Goldwyn Writing Award recipient, and Austin Film Festival Playwriting Award Finalist, he earned his M.F.A. in Screenwriting and B.A. in English (Creative Writing) from UCLA. A Fulbright Senior Specialist and Sundance Collab Advisor, Weiko has taught screenwriting at Northwestern University, Emerson College, UCLA Professional Program, and Taipei National University of the Arts. Currently, he is a tenured Associate Professor of Screenwriting at Loyola Marymount University. Weiko's book CRAZY SCREENWRITING SECRETS: HOW TO CAPTURE A GLOBAL AUDIENCE is available wherever books are sold and its traditional Chinese edition was published in February 2022 in Greater China with the simplified edition scheduled for 2023 release. A current-active member of Writers Guild of America West and Dramatist Guild, he is represented by Anonymous Content and United Talent Agency.
"Crazy Screenwriting Secrets blurbs ""Motivating and exuberant, Weiko understands the personal nature of screenwriting. His book provides a roadmap to finding the unique stories each person has to tell and creating screenplays that live and breathe."" ― David S. Goyer, co-writer Terminator: Dark Fate, The Dark Knight trilogy ""Crazy Screenwriting Secrets offers a unique culinary glimpse into how films really get made, sold, and released on a global scale from a veteran screenwriter who knows the secret to a successful film career is in the ingredients, not the meal."" ― Scott Beck & Bryan Woods, writers, WGA Award Nominees A Quiet Place ""Crazy Screenwriting Secrets serves up many delicious morsels in the way of tips and guidelines regarding both the craft and the business. Particularly illuminating for any screenwriter considering a venture into global storytelling, specifically for Chinese audiences."" ― Iris Yamashita, writer, Oscar Nominee, Letters from Iwo Jima ""It's rare to get first-hand knowledge from someone who's been there and done that, but Weiko's Crazy Screenwriting Secrets delivers that in a fun and insightful way while sending you on your path to understanding how to get your story to the big screen."" ― Andy Horwitz, producer, American Hustle, Suicide Squad, Triple Frontier"
