Don I Waldo

Don I. Waldo is an award-winning poet, author, screenwriter and producer with more than 20 of experience within the television, film and entertainment industry. He is also an innovative lecturer with five-plus years of experience lecturing at the university level. Don holds an MA in English, with an emphasis in Creative Writing from UNC, Charlotte. He also lectured at the university - teaching numerous writing intensive film courses that he designed from the ground up - incorporating live video conferences with renowned writers, directors and producers from within the industry. Don has achieved his MFA in Screenwriting from UNC's School of the Arts - completing a television pilot, two features and a web-series episode directed by Andy Wolk (Sopranos, The Practice, Ugly Betty, et. al.) which Don co-wrote and co-produced with Livia Campos de Menezes. Between semesters, Don taught young filmmakers during UNCSA's renowned Summer Film Program. Don now manages DayDreamers Ink, a company that believes in fostering relationships with Storytellers who are champing at the bit to get their stories to the Big Screen. "If we write it, they will come."