Script Magazine: Making Real Change at Reel Works with Co-Founder and Executive Director, John C. Williams
Script's Editor Sadie Dean speaks with Reel Works co-founder and Executive Director John C. Williams about the initiatives and programs at the Brooklyn based organization, his passion to foster young and diverse voices, and the importance of preparing these young creatives for the creative industry workforce.
A new generation of diverse filmmakers and storytellers is on the horizon and the passionate team behind Reel Works based in Brooklyn, New York are carefully fostering those creative visionaries. John C. Williams is the co-founder alongside his wife Stephanie Walter at Reel Works, where he also serves as the Executive Director. In the 90s and early 2000s, the couple had the opportunity to partner with a local YMCA in Brooklyn to teach a filmmaking class, while John was steadily working TV jobs and Stephanie was doing long-form documentaries for CBS News and Lifetime. They were looking for a way to give back and this was just like the stars perfectly aligning.