Through Starz #TakeTheLead, we are creating spaces where diverse creators feel valued, respected and heard.
The inaugural class consists of experienced drama and comedy writers with imminent shows in development.
Learn more about them below.
Top, from left: Kiel McNaughton, Chris Bessounian, Johanna Lee, Aaon Ho; bottom, from left: Oanh Ly, Tianna Majumdar-Langham, Lauren Moon, Kyle LauAndrew Ge
He currently has a pilot in development at Nickelodeon.
She is also a co-executive producer on NetflixsPulse.
She is an alum of the 2018 CAPE New Writers Fellowship.
In 2023, he won Best Director from the 2023 New Zealand Television Awards for the telefeaturePrincess of Chaos.
As a director, Kiels next feature is the horror/thrillerWhyte Xmas.
Kyle Lau(he/him) is a WGA Award-nominated writer/director from San Francisco.
Previously, Lau worked as a staff writer on ABCsFresh Off The Boat.
He is currently developing and executive producing an animated project with Sony Television and music label, 88rising.
Oanh Ly(she/her) was born in Sai Gon, Viet Nam.
She arrived in America as a boat refugee and grew up in Houston, Texas.
She attended the University of Texas at Austin where she studied playwriting.
She currently has projects in development with Twentieth TV and Tomorrow Studios.
They previously worked on all six seasons of FoxsThe Resident.
They are Academy Nicholl Fellows with their screenplay,Guns and Saris, which Freida Pinto is producing.
Tianna is British Indian.
Chris is Armenian and Egyptian and was raised in Australia.
