Jewish Writers Institute

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Charlotte Lan Steiner

Screenwriters Lab

2019-2020 Fellow

Charlotte Lan Steiner

FRUIT OF MAGNIFICENT TREES (comedy series)

A non-confrontational Chinese-Jewish teen’s secret trip to China to get her life on track without her parents knowing is complicated when her curmudgeonly grandfather decides to open a Jewish bakery in Shanghai.

Charlotte Lan Steiner is a filmmaker born and raised in the Washington, D.C. area. Following her graduation from Middlebury College with a degree in Film and Chinese, she spent several years working, writing and studying in Shanghai, Hong Kong and Beijing, before returning to the U.S. to attend a TV Writing Intensive program at Columbia University. She is currently back in D.C., where she recently produced and directed episodes of "GROWN the web series." When not making films or writing, Charlotte enjoys rock climbing and trying to convince other folks to rock climb with her.