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Everywhere I Look, I See the Spirit of NonDē

Even outside of FilmStack, I find filmmakers and artists yearning for the same things: Opportunity, connection, transparency, fairness, and meaning.

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Lauren Greenwood
Dec 11, 2025
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There is a reason we’re all here. You. And you. And me. And everyone on FilmStack. Sure, we love movies, that goes without saying. But we showed up here and for each other because we all naturally gravitate towards a different way of doing things.

Street art I captured in Athens when I attended the OWL Screenwriting Workshop in October 2025

We’re scrappy.…

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Award-winning screenwriter of low-budget and TV movies here to share how I got here and how I keep going. Newly minted director of SWATHE.
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