Wally Lane is a former Boardmember of the Northwest Screenwriters Guild (NWSG), an award-winning writer and filmmaker, a published poet, who has written articles and book reviews for several publications, including Journey and the blog, Black Ink, White Paper. Wally’s film “Winos & Pigeons” was honored at WorldFest Houston and other film festivals. As long-time Chairman of the NWSG’s Compendium committee, Wally mentored hundreds of new screenwriters by helping them write to “Industry Standard.” Wally has been writing screenplays since 1990. He and his writing partner, Wash Phillips, have scores of screenplays completed or in development across a wide range of genres. Wally is an alumnus of the U. of W. Extension Certificate Program in Screenwriting and The Film School, a Seattle-based institution of national repute, where he was taught by Stewart Stern, Tom Skerritt, Geof Miller and John Jacobson. He is also a former panelist at the Pacific Northwest Writers Association conference and the Surrey International Writers Conference.