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Winner of the Ojai Film Society Award for her film 1916, Gayvin received her Master of Arts in Screenwriting at the American Film Institute in 2007. With a combined total of 12 years in front of the camera and in theater, Gayvin began her journey in writing out of sheer frustration due to the few options available for strong female leads and characters in film and TV. 

It was out of that dissatisfaction in acting parts that Gayvin started writing well-developed characters and stories for her and her acting friends. She first segued into film by working in the Marketing and Promotion department at Paramount and later was a Reader for the Sundance Institute.
 
Since then, she has been actively writing scripts, novels, commercials, and poems, several of which have been published and optioned. It's Gayvin's goal to create films and novels that embody the human experience, bringing forth stories and characters that enlighten and entertain audiences.


Gayvin receiving theOjai Film Society Award for 1916 from Larry Hagman. The first time a writer won the award over a director and was unanimously voted the winner.

Quote: 
"If you pass on life,
life passes on you."
~ Celeste from Gayvin's TV pilot
 

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Writing Tip:
"Think about everything that the character sees the moment she walks in the room."
    ~ Tom Rickman, Academy Award Nominated Screenwriter for
Coal Miner's Daughter

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