Hi IYW,
My name is Sandra, and I am a screenwriter and executive producer from Portugal.
I love this Stage 32 weekend because it allows us to network, get to know new people, and change ideas.
I am curious to know if there is a movie or TV show that motivated you to begin to write, to produce, or to direct.
I was born in a theatre owned by my father, and in those times, I saw Bud Spencer, Terence Hill, and the unique Bruce Lee. I grew up and began a business career as a global entrepreneur. But my passion for filmmaking was there.
In 2022, I saw KILLING EVE with Jodie Comer and Jodie Comer, very well written by Phoebe Mary Waller-Bridge, and I fell in love. The inspiration was so big that two years later, I began to write my first screenplay, and one year later, I am here also as Stage 32 lounge moderator.
I love thrillers, sci-fi, romance, and fantasy, and I wrote a Romantasy feature, and I am really proud of it!
Please share with me. What movie or TV show inspired you for your career?
Meanwhile, have fun this weekend and don’t be an introvert. :)
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Hello my dear friend Sandra Isabel Correia - I LOVE your bio! What a joy that must have been to be introduced to theater at such a young age. I remember when I was a child and my father took me to Radio City Music Hall - I think that was my first introduction to theater/movies. But as far as what influenced me - wow, there are so many. Pretty much anything science fiction - Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica, Empire Strikes Back, Back to the Future, The Last Starfighter and lot of animation - The Iron Giant, Titan A.E. Starblazers and many others - can you tell I'm an 80s kid?
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Happy IYW, Sandra Isabel Correia! Hope you had a great week! HARRIET THE SPY made me want to become a writer when I was a kid, but OFFICE SPACE motivated me to start writing scripts. I found part of the OFFICE SPACE script online in high school, and I liked the way it was written. Screenwriting is the most unique writing medium in my opinion.
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My sweet friend Leonardo Ramirez, they are good memories. It was a joy! Did you know that at the age of 10, I helped my father by welcoming customers to the cinema? Armed with a flashlight, I took the ticket and drove to their location to watch the film. I remember watching the film's catalog and choosing with my father the movies he would buy to showcase in the cinema. Oh, Radio City Music Hall, what a wonderful memory you have. I love the same as you, Scfi, and the first Star Wars ( Princess Leila, Han Solo and of course Luke Skywalker) I was in my youth, we are 80s kids :)) I wish you an amazing weekend my friend and tasty cooking :))
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Happy IYW my good friend Maurice Vaughan :) Thank you! I went to Google because I didn't know both of them, and it's curious that you have been creative all of your life. Since childhood with Harried the Spy and as an adult with Office Space. I love that! Explain to me when you say, "Screenwriting is the most unique writing medium, in my opinion." What do you mean with writing medium? Because the word medium for me is the ability to communicate with the ethereal. Is that what you mean?
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You're welcome, Sandra Isabel Correia. Writing mediums as in what you write (scripts, books, comics, etc.). I think screenwriting is the most unique writing medium because screenwriters can write one-word sentences, write weird, format scripts how they want, add emojis in scripts, etc.
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What a beautiful story Sandra Isabel Correia and memories of your father. I love that. Wishing you an amazing weekend, my friend.
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Sandra Isabel Correia ah, the Jodie Comer connection! She is such a talent. Here's wishing for good things with Soul Mated! Have a great weekend.
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Maurice Vaughan thanks for sharing the meaning, it’s a different one in Portuguese language :)) Yes, I agree with you and have the same opinion:)) Gives us freedom!
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Thank you my beautiful friend Leonardo Ramirez :)) You too and always smiling:))
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You're welcome, Sandra Isabel Correia. Yes, screenwriting gives us freedom! That's why I like to make suggestions when I give notes on people's scripts instead of telling them they HAVE TO do something.
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Geoff Hall Yeah! That’s why :)) She has a unique talent and we go to see much more about her in 2025 new movies! Thank you my sweet friend, dreams come true and who knows if she will be one of A list star for Soul Mated :)) I dream :D Have an amazing weekend and a big hug for your soul mate :))
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Maurice Vaughan thats what we call in the business field, a real mentor. A mentor gives you suggestions and guidance based on his business experiences and is what you do!
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Always! Sandra Isabel Correia
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HI Sandra Isabel Correia~ I think the TV show that made me want to get into screenwriting was Mad Men. I can of course appreciate that I don't have the life experience to make anything in that vein but nonetheless it makes me want to create something that'll make a lasting impression that only I can write :)