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John Herrera

(Co-EP, The Handmaid’s Tale, 4 pilots)

John Herrera is an Emmy-nominated writer and Co-EP on Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale (all seasons) where he collaborates with writing partner, Nina Fiore. John and Nina wrote on Bloom, a new show for Netflix that will be coming soon, and they have also worked together on USA’s The Purge, Syfy’s Nightflyers, Blood Drive, Alphas, and Eureka. Additionally, they have sold their pilots Players and Dante’s Inferno (the latter co-written with Ethan Reiff & Cyrus Voris) to CW and Freeform, respectively, and an adaptation of Melissa Lenhardt’s genre-bending, feminist western novel, Heresy, with MGM. John also co-wrote the movie Nancy Drew and The Hidden Staircase for Warner Brothers and is currently adapting a true-life feature story about the latter days of the Bosnian-Serb conflict of the 1990’s. Before becoming a TV writer, John was a script coordinator on Eureka, Californication, and Sleeper Cell.

“John is fantastic. He treated newbies and those with experience with the same interest and respect for their work. He shares his experience with examples of his past shows which makes beat sheet expectations clear and understandable. It's evident he's an amazing writer because he's like a laser beam to the issues in the beat sheets and offers a clever, funny or perfect solution to fix them. ”
“John did a great job at helping us dissect our beat sheets and gave us excellent and informative feedback on areas of improvement. His feedback is invaluable.”
“He kept it real. I love his no bullshit approach about advice and what the business is like and how hard it is. No sugar coating but at the same time kind and realistically encouraging.”
“John listened and gave concrete guidance and supportive feedback. Really created a safe environment for us to share.”
“They clearly broke down the basic elements of what are needed in a pitch deck, then modeled what it would be like to present one. John and Nina also listened thoughtfully to all pitches/decks presented and offered excellent feedback and suggestions in a very positive and encouraging manner.”
“The whole experience was wonderful: the material they so generously gave us before and during class, the opportunity to pitch to them, and their feedback - it was all invaluable.”
“John & his writing partner Nina really care and give great feedback and constructive insight. Your writing will grow so strong!”
“This class is just what it needs to be. They gave us what we needed to make a stand out pitch. ”
“John is very thorough and supportive. He spent extra time to make sure he could give thoughtful and specific advice.”
“He really went above and beyond. John was so incredibly thorough and encouraging. Even though I had taken several screenwriting classes prior to this one, John has such a fresh perspective that made this one of the best and most insightful classes I’ve ever taken. His approach was so helpful and will forever change the way I approach my scripts. He also thoroughly encouraged us to offer each other notes as well which made the experience even more rich and rewarding. I felt like I was able to make great connections in this class. ”

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