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Brooks Elms

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Screenwriter at Hollywood Usa
📍 Los Angeles Metropolitan Area, United States

Brooks Elms is a WGA screenwriter, filmmaker, and the founder of Buzztown, where he coaches storytellers. A New York University graduate, he has written over 45 screenplays, taught at UCLA Extension, and directed independent features. Colleagues and students describe him as knowledgeable, personable, and enthusiastic.

Outside of his professional writing, Brooks is passionate about helping other creatives overcome obstacles, drawing from his own journey. He dedicates time to personal growth and mentorship, having been a leader in the ManKind Project. He also enjoys coaching his sons basketball and soccer teams.

He made over 50 short film experiments before he even attended NYU film school.

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Experience
30 Years
Current Role
Screenwriter
Location
Los Angeles Metropolitan Area, United States
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Mentoring Writers
He focuses on helping writers get "unstuck" and build momentum, using his own frameworks to help them make tangible career progress.
Filmmaking Craft
As a writer-director with a BFA from NYU, he is deeply involved in the entire filmmaking process, from story development to directing and producing.
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Career

Work history

Screenwriter
Hollywood Usa
1-1990
Writer-Director, Producer
Brooks Elms' Evolution Films
5-2016 - 7-2021
Instructor
UCLA Extension
3-2020 - 3-2021
Program Coordinator
Age Inclusion in Media
7-2018 - 4-2019
Director of Social Media Strategy
Onedome Global
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Education
1990 - 1994
BFA
New York University
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East Hampton High School
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