Joann Buckley Collins is a graduate of USC’s Peter Stark Motion Picture Producing Program (1995) and Northwestern University’s TV/Film Program (1993). It was at Northwestern where I met Eric Olson and we embarked on a creative partnership making student films. After graduating from the Stark Program, I had a brief career as a Jr. Development Executive, while writing screenplays on the side. Then I turned my creative talents to the world of non-profits, and have spent the last 18 years writing advertising and marketing content for non-profit fundraising events, helping to raise millions for many amazing causes, while raising a family.

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Joann Buckley Collins is a graduate of USC’s Peter Stark Motion Picture Producing Program (1995) and Northwestern University’s TV/Film Program (1993). It was at Northwestern where I met Eric Olson and we embarked on a creative partnership making student films. After graduating from the Stark Program, I had a brief career as a Jr. Development Executive, while writing screenplays on the side. Then I turned my creative talents to the world of non-profits, and have spent the last 18 years writing advertising and marketing content for non-profit fundraising events, helping to raise millions for many amazing causes, while raising a family. Eric and I renewed our writing partnership in 2017, writing six screenplays together in the ensuing two years.

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