EPISODE · Aug 18, 2026 · 2H 24M
Desa Larkin-Boutte - Writer
from Your life in film · host Ted Bennett
Joining me this week, Desa Larkin-BoutteDesa is a writer with first-hand knowledge of America's vast and varied communities. She has worked in the television industry for over a decade, learning extensively from the creative minds behind The Walking Dead, Better Call Saul, and Westworld. Desa wrote the penultimate episode of Westworld. As a writer, Desa's unique voice centers on identity, systemic race, and complex female protagonists. Her script How to Be was a 2018 Austin Film Festival semifinalist, and her pilot Zora & Zizi won the 2020 Grand Prize at Creative Screenwriting’s Unique Voices competition, securing her major agency representation.Desa also partnered with Westworld alum Denise Thé to adapt Lamar Giles’ dystopian novel The Getaway for Sony Pictures TV, produced alongside Don Cheadle’s company, This Radicle Act.Desa's InstagramDesa's IMDbDesa's WebsiteMy letterboxd:My film Reel Terror:Support the show
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Joining me this week, Desa Larkin-Boutte Desa is a writer with first-hand knowledge of America's vast and varied communities. She has worked in the television industry for over a decade, learning extensively from the creative minds behind The Walking Dead, Better Call Saul, and Westworld. Desa wrote the penultimate episode of Westworld. As a writer, Desa's unique voice centers on identity, systemic race, and complex female protagonists. Her script How to Be was a 2018 Austin Film Festiv...
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