Cynthia Whitcomb is an American television screenwriter and teacher. She has been nominated for numerous awards including the Emmy, the Edgar and the Humanitas Prize.[1]
In 1969, Whitcomb graduated from Pasadena High SchoolinPasadena, California where she studied drama under Abel Franco. While she was a freshman at UCLA, Franco gave her one of her first professional writing assignments. She received $25 in advance and $25 upon completion to write, "Here," a spoof of the musical, Hair. However, the play was never produced due to censorship.[2]
^Stone, Debra. "An interview with Cynthia Whitcomb". The Screenplayers:Writing Tomorrow's Films. Archived from the original on 2012-04-25. Retrieved 2011-10-16. She has sold more than 70 feature-length screenplays, 25 of which have been filmed. Her scripts have won and been nominated for many awards including the Emmy, Humanitas and Writers Guild of America Awards.
^Beyette, Beverly (1988-01-04). "'Franco's Kids' Pay Tribute". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. After 26 years as drama teacher at Pasadena High, Franco was retiring to devote full time to acting and writing. For three months, his one-time pupils had planned this tribute, a party Saturday night at the Bel-Air home of scriptwriter Cynthia Whitcomb (class of '69).
