Bonnie MacBird

Born in San Francisco, Bonnie MacBird received her BA in Music and Masters in Film from Stanford in 1973. From 1975-79 she was a Development Executive in Feature Films at Universal Studios reporting to President Ned Tanen. During her four years at Uni she read thousands of scripts, and worked as a development executive on nearly all projects in development at that time including Heroes, Car Wash, Smokey and the Bandit, and many more. MacBird left Uni and worked for two years on TRON as the original writer, as well as producing early test shoots combining live action with animation. She continued to write for film, television and theater, with sales and productions in each of these media. Her production company, formed in 1986 with partner Jim Shasky, garnered three Emmys (two for feature segments in 1986 and '87, and one for the full length documentary "Squeakers" in 2004), as well as many national awards including 11 Cine Golden Eagles. Her original stage musical "Hot Roles" was a ... [Details Intro]