PORTFOLIO

PORTFOLIO

mayangotschall@gmail.com

I’m Maya! I’m a graduate of The University of Georgia with a Bachelors Degree in Entertainment and Media Studies from the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication and a Bachelor’s Degree in English from the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences.

Some fun things that I’m currently working on: I am a script reader for the Austin Film Festival, a freelance book editor currently working on a fantasy novel, and working full-time as an Inventory Specialist at Asbury Automotive.

I am still, however, looking for a position that’s a perfect blend of my passions, skills, and capabilities!

MAYA N. GOTSCHALL

Creative Writer, Director, Producer, and Assistant

BACHELOR’S IN ENTERTAINMENT & MEDIA STUDIES AND ENGLISH

During my time at the University of Georgia, I was studying and working towards an Entertainment and Media Studies degree through Grady College, and an English degree through Franklin College. The reasoning behind this pairing of degrees is the hope that my future career will reflect and revolve around literature and film.

The ultimate goal of my education and career is to indulge in as much as I can, become as rounded and formatted to literature and film- the paralleling aspects and the transference between the two. The interconnection. Due to my insatiable curiosity, paired with my vicarious escapism, it makes sense that I could never stop adding stacks upon stacks of books to an endlessly growing collection.

It also makes sense that once I got my own laptop, I further expressed that need into film and television. I would spend way too many hours breaking down and conducting research to know all that occurred behind the screen and within a story that I loved. I would become fascinated with everything that went into creating such masterpieces that I had consumed daily.

My career aspirations, however, are essentially to become an imaginative aspect of a production team, either creative directing, writing, producing, etc., of film and TV shows that are based on novels and other literary pieces. I want to be actively creative and diligent in my career, doing something that I love.

Latest Accolade

Best Original Television Series Pilot Category- 2nd Place: Players

BEA 2023 Festival of Media Arts

Project List:

Death Battling Is My Therapy, 2022; Heart for a Heart, 2022

Videography

Screenwriter

Death Battling Is My Therapy, 2022; Heart for a Heart, 2022, Techno-Orientalism in Western Sci-Fi, 2022; I Can Fix Him, 2023; Six Feet Above, 2023; Players, 2023

For My Future: The Unfortunate Expectation For The Life Of A Woman, 2022; Death Battling Is My Therapy, 2022; Heart for a Heart, 2022; Techno-Orientalism in Western Sci-Fi, 2022; I Can Fix Him, 2023

Editor

Director

Death Battling Is My Therapy, 2022; Heart for a Heart, 2022; Six Feet Above, 2023

Glitch, 2022; Operation Bamboozled, 2022; Ghost, 2022; Death Battling Is My Therapy, 2022; Heart for a Heart, 2022; I Think She Did It, 2022; I Can Fix Him, 2023; Six Feet Above, 2023; Chadalicious, 2023

Producer/PA