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On this special evening, we sit down with renowned writer and executive producer Damon Lindelof to find out his process for adapting the latest HBO hit, Watchmen, how he approaches world building in his series, which have included The Leftovers and Lost, and how he tackles writing for features vs. television.
Moderated by Marc Bernardin (Carnival Row, Castle Rock).
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About the Panelist
DAMON LINDELOF was born in New Jersey to a schoolteacher and a banker. He was also born a writer, although it would take over 25 years to figure that out. In 2004 he partnered with J.J. Abrams to create LOST. No, they were not dead the whole time. Since Damon left the island, he has worked as a writer and producer on STAR TREK, PROMETHEUS, STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS, WORLD WAR Z, TOMORROWLAND and most recently THE HUNT. Returning to TV in 2014 Damon spent three seasons showrunning HBO’s critically-acclaimed THE LEFTOVERS, which he fiercely defends as “not as depressing as everyone says.” Currently he is wrapping up the HBO series WATCHMEN, the groundbreaking graphic novel he adored from his childhood which he is desperately hoping not to screw up. Damon also wrote this bio.
Marc Bernardin is a television writer-producer who has worked on Amazon’s Victorian fantasy series Carnival Row, the USA Network spy drama Treadstone, the first season of Hulu’s Castle Rock, and Syfy’s superheroic series Alphas. In an earlier life, he was an entertainment journalist: He was the Film Editor for the Los Angeles Times, a senior editor for The Hollywood Reporter, a senior editor for Entertainment Weekly, managing editor of Starlog magazine, and a consulting editor for Fangoria magazine. He also has written a fair number of comic books over the years. His most recent is Adora and the Distance, an original graphic novel coming from Comixology in early 2020. Other works include Genius (Image), Static Shock (DC Comics), X-Men Origins: Nightcrawler (Marvel), and The Authority (DC Comics).