Biography

Tanya has a diverse entertainment background starting with writing a book when she was 10. She wrote "Word by Word", a collection of short stories and poetry by 21 and wrote her first dramatic action script at UCLA at 24. She also went to The New School in NYC and studied with famous author Jill Hoffman. She later studied in Arizona with published authors, Tom Bird and Carol Adrienne. Tanya learned script coverage at WME with Adam Novak and the following few years were spent behind the scenes at Fox TV and Ministry of Film learning how to be a hands on producer with Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerick (Stargate, Godzilla, Independence Day). Tanya was hired to write a treatment for an HBO 1 hr. show. Her recent script Gingerbread, placed in 4 of the top screenplay competitions. She's seen the gamut from casting to scene revision and loves it all! Tanya manages a talented team of screenwriters and is the CEO of her production company Awareness Films.
- IMDb mini biography by: Tanya Santiago