Oyibo Nnani: Screenwriter in Lagos, Nigeria.

Hello, fellow members of Stage 32!

My name is Tennyson E. Stead, and I'm an award-winning writer and director with a lifetime of background in classical theater, ten years of experience as an independent development and finance executive... and a roller-coaster Hollywood experience that encompasses the best and worst of what Los Angeles has to offer, from fraudulent film investments and the wannabe Wall Street drug scene and even traumatic brain injury on the one hand, to having worked very closely with many of my heroes on the other. After more than a decade of cold sales work, screenwriting, and theater and web production, I'm finally working with a manager and a team of producers that value my contributions to the industry. My own projects have a strong finance team moving them forward, my spec screenplays are getting the attention they need to sell, and I'm creating good opportunities for people in my community. Thank the gods.

As far as my producing and directing efforts go, my goal is to build a company and a community that sets a sustainable standard for the future while everyone else is running around panicking over drying pre-sales markets and tax incentives. Creatively and financially, this means working with an ensemble to take personal responsibility for the excellence of our shows and the strength of our community. My work in particular revolves around classical performance values and genre material like science-fiction and fantasy. Spectacle, I believe, is the experience of watching someone do something that we didn't realize people could do... and it's a lot easier to underestimate a human being than it is to underestimate a computer program. Performance, as in acting, is at the heart of everything that I do.

If you want to talk about writing, producing, film finance or anything else, just drop me a line!

Hi Oyibo. I'm RB, Founder and CEO of Stage 32. As a screenwriter, producer, actor and filmmaker, I know first-hand the challenges all creatives face finding work, landing representation, launching projects, securing funding and simply making the connections that will make a difference in their careers. That's why I created Stage 32. Since our launch in September of 2011, the community has grown to 1,000,000+ members representing every country on the planet making Stage 32 the social network uniquely populated with the most creative people on Earth.

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Thanks, and have a creative day!

RB

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Hello Oyibo -

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