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Ben Watkins moved 14 times by the time he graduated high school. As a kid, his experiences ran the gamut from living in a fancy, gated community, to being homeless and sleeping in a 1976 Ford Monarch. He was married and had a family by the time he graduated college.
Before he turned to writing, Ben had worked more than 30 jobs ranging from plastics salesman to paralegal to soap opera stud. With such an eclectic background, it’s no wonder he has emerged as one of the most original storytellers in television.
Ben Watkins began the transition to writing with the award-winning Sundance short film Quest to Ref, which he wrote, co-directed and starred in. Soon after adapting that project into a feature screenplay for Universal, Watkins joined USA Network’s Burn Notice. He rose from staff writer to executive producer, before moving on to create the provocative Amazon Originals series, Hand of God. Watkins recently completed production on season one of Hand of God, which premiered in September.
Ben resides in El Segundo, California, with his wife and four sons.
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First published September 30, 2015.
077 – Own Your Career – Sterling Anderson from Sterling Writers Group (mp3)
076 – Hemlock Grove, Battlestar Galactica, Smallville Writer/EP Mark Verheiden (mp3)
075 – Former Development Exec Scott Manville, Creator of TV Writers Vault (mp3)
074 – House of Cards Creator/Showrunner Beau Willimon (mp3)
073 – Shooting Your Own TV Pilot – Corinna Mendis (mp3)
072 – Continuum Writing Team Jeremy Smith & Matt Venables (mp3)
071 – Novelist/Screenwriter Vivi Anna / Tawny Stokes (mp3)
070 – The Emotion Thesaurus Author Angela Ackerman (mp3)
069 – Suits, The Good Guys Writer Rick Muirragui (mp3)
068 – Jamie Livingston - TV Writer Chat Pilot Program (mp3)
067 – Let’s Stay Together, Reed Between the Lines Writer LaMont Ferrell (mp3)
066 – Literary Manager Jenny Frankfurt (mp3)
065 – Good in a Room Author Stephanie Palmer (mp3)
064 – Beauty and the Beast Director Bradley Walsh (mp3)
063 – Killers, White Collar Writer Bob DeRosa (mp3)
062 – Law & Order: SVU, Killer Instinct Writer Kam Miller (mp3)
061 – King Writer, Nothing Too Good For A Cowboy Co-Creator David Barlow (mp3)
060 – MADtv, Weeds Writer Devon Shepard (mp3)
059 – Creative Destiny Coach / Screenwriter Jenna Avery (mp3)
058 – ER, Third Watch, Criminal Minds Writer / EP Janine Sherman Barrois (mp3)
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