“Devo” Cutler-Rubenstein was Director of Literary Affairs for Columbia Pictures Television and Exec Produced the feature film THE SUBSTITUTE starring Tom Berenger and HBO’S SUBSTITUTE 2 starring Treat Williams. She’s currently in negotiations to reboot the franchise for Sub 5. She co-wrote and directed PEACOCK BLUES for Showtime Entertainment. Starring Bill Forsythe and Poppy Montgomery, it won best short and Audience Favorite at Moon dance Int’l Film Festival. Her doc NOT ARFAID TO LAUGH, about using humor to heal, was nominated for a Peabody and won the Award of Distinction from the Communicator Awards. A member of WGAw, her material has been optioned and/or produced by Columbia Pictures, ABC, PBS, Showtime, Interscope among others. Most recently, she was hired to write and direct the feature e-Bride and created the pilot, Tattoo U, for FX Channel. As an adjunct professor at USC, she coaches writer-directors from around the world on short films. Her book WHAT’S THE BIG IDEA? WRITING SHORT FILMS is a university textbook, and her DVD, The Insiders Guide to Film Financing and her Reality Presentation Development Packet is sold through The Writers Store. This Spring Devo’s “Dating Your Character…” Blog will be featured on NATPE’s website on the way to PitchCon. The producer/writer/director is also a committed coach, conducting workshops around the world to help writers create career strategies through branding, marketing and brokering. www.thescriptbroker.com / getcoverageplus.com