Sahara Lotti

Sahara Lotti, is an American screenwriter and actress.

Background

Sahara Lotti was born on June 3, 1977. She is the youngest of two daughters. Her family lived in London, England for the first few years of her life. As a child she had a strong English accent which she lost quickly after her family moved to the United States. She was then raised in the San Francisco Bay Area in the town of Atherton, California. She attended Menlo-Atherton High School.

After graduation in 1994, Lotti moved to Los Angeles and attended the University of Southern California (USC). In addition to her regular classes, Lotti studied with highly regarded Hollywood acting coach, Ivana Chubbuck. Lotti also informally studied music and singing for numerous years, showing a particularly strong passion and talent for blues and jazz music.

Early career

Lotti acted in a series of independent films including, [http://imdb.com/title/tt0120739/ "Lover Girl"] , starring Sandra Bernhard and Tara Subkoff. In 2001 she produced, wrote, directed and acted in a short comedy film called, [http://imdb.com/title/tt0274858/ "Sluts and Losers"] , also starring Ashley Hamilton (son of George Hamilton and the stepson of Rod Stewart). The film was co-executive produced by Balthazar Getty.

According to The Hollywood Reporter she ventured into screenwriting after writing scenes for her acting classes. Her first writing project was successfully sold to Universal Pictures.

Recent news

According to The Hollywood Reporter, in March 2006, Lotti signed a two picture comedy deal with 20th Century Fox. Lotti caught the eye of Fox's President, Debbie Liebling (the executive responsible for the Sacha Baron Cohen smash comedy hit, , as well as Comedy Central's South Park), after Liebling read her script, "A Family Affair".

In March 2006 she sold the comedy pitch [http://www.hollywood.com/movies/detail/id/3491528 "WishBoned (aka Dear God It's Me Rod)"] to 20th Century Fox. "WishBoned" is being produced by Andrew Gunn, producer of the Disney hit, Freaky Friday. Just one week later Lotti sold 20th Century Fox the project, [http://www.themovieblog.com/archives/2006/03/back_magick.html/ "Back Magick"] . Shawn Levy (director of Night at the Museum) is attached to produce.

In June 2006, Variety (magazine) announced that Sahara Lotti has [http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117944399.html?categoryid=1959&cs=1 signed a deal] with New Line Cinema for her comedy, [http://imdb.com/title/tt0810860/ "A Family Affair"] starring Sarah Jessica Parker.

She is represented by International Creative Management (ICM).

References

1. March 2006 - 'Fox Loves Sahara Lotti' [http://www.cinematical.com/2006/03/23/fox-loves-sahara-lotti/ Cinematical] 2. June 2006 - 'Affair' flair for New Line' Variety [http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117944399.html?categoryid=13&cs=1/] 3. Universal Pictures picks up Freaks of the Jungle - [http://www.literarysales.com/ls/lsdetail.cfm?titleID=7786/ Literary Sales] 4. Back Magick for Sahara Lotti & Shawn Levy Backstage [http://www.backstage.com/bso/news_reviews/la/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002235170/] 5. [http://www.hollywood.com/movies/detail/id/3491528/ Hollywood.com] 6. Lover Girl Review - [http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/movie.html?v_id=158743/ New York Times]

External links

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