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Show Writers League to j Hear Scott Whitaker Jan. 19 j Scott Whitaker, author of j several Death Valley Days TV scripts and motion picture j story editor for BYU Motion ( Picture Studio will be the guest speaker at the first meeting of the year for Utah Valley Chap- ter's League of Writers, Mon- ; day, Jan. 19 at 7 p.m. in A-52 , JKB at BYU. According to new officers, Marilyn Miller, president; Herb McLean, vice president and Lea Lane, secretary, members mem-bers and all interested people are invited to attend the event, featuring a film "Johnny Lingo," Lin-go," and some discussion of what make good motion picture writing and its similarities to story writing. Mr. Whitaker is responsible for a great deal of the success BYU has made in motion picture pic-ture writing these past years. As both director and script writer, wri-ter, he has helped produce many BYU films. His experience experi-ence in film making includes 6 years of work at Disney Studios, Stud-ios, 3 years at RKO Studios and some time with Twentieth Century Fox. For three years, his service in the U.S. Navy included work with training films and battle reports. He also serves as bishop of the BYU Sixth Ward, is married mar-ried to the former Beth Anderson An-derson and they have six children. |