Science In The Writers’ Room
17:23 minutes
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When Hollywood’s biggest T.V. and film writers are also science fans, their passion for the field has a way of cropping up on the big screen. In Pasadena, Ira gets a peek into the writers’ room. He asks Scott Z. Burns (Contagion, An Inconvenient Truth), Zoanne Clack (Grey’s Anatomy) and Eric Kaplan (The Big Bang Theory) how they balance scientific accuracy and storytelling.
Segment Guests
Scott Z. Burns
Scott Z. Burns is a screenwriter (Contagion, Side Effects, The Informant!) and producer (An Inconvenient Truth) in Los Angeles, California.
Eric Kaplan
Eric Kaplan is co-executive producer and senior writer of The Big Bang Theory (CBS) in Los Angeles, California.
Zoanne Clack
Zonanne Clack is executive producer and writer fro Grey’s Anatomy (ABC) in Los Angeles, California.
Meet the Producer
About Annie Minoff
@annieminoffAnnie Minoff is a producer for The Journal from Gimlet Media and the Wall Street Journal, and a former co-host and producer of Undiscovered. She also plays the banjo.