LIVE at GF: From Rapper to Screenwriter with Saeed 'Balance' Crumpler

The Groundfloor Filmmaking Club is excited to bring you a live fireside chat and Q&A with one of the top Hollywood screenwriters who hails from Oakland - Saeed Crumpler, also known as Balance. Join us to hear about his his inspiring journey from the Oakland music scene to your TV screens!

Saeed Crumpler was a fellow in the 2021 Nickelodeon Writing Program He most recently was staffed on season 2 of FLATBUSH MISDEMEANORS for Showtime where he wrote episode 8. He also contributed to season 2 of BLINDSPOTTING for STARZ, working closely with Rafael Casal and Daveed Diggs. Saeed completed a feature re-write on MTV's HIP-HOP FAMILY CHRISTMAS for Jamie Foxx's company and a biopic about legendary underground hip-hop artist Mac Dre for Double Down Pictures. A Bay Area BIPOC screenwriter with a music background, as a former hip hop artist in the hyphy scene, he has recorded with Kendrick Lamar, Dr. Dre, and Chamillionaire. Saeed strives to bring diverse stories from the subculture into the mainstream.

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