Fatou Samba is an editor, director and writer who got her start working in reality television back in Norway where she’s from. There she field-directed and edited shows like the Norwegian versions of Survivor, Cops and Paradise Hotel. Since transitioning into writing she has placed in several screenwriting competitions including WeScreenplay Diverse Voices and here at Austin. She’s currently writing a Norwegian limited series in the Nordic Noir space. Fatou earned a BA in Film & Video Directing from Columbia College Chicago and an MFA in Screenwriting at DePaul University. After working as a reader for The Blacklist and as a development assistant in Los Angeles, Fatou has now returned to DePaul where she teaches Screenwriting at the School of Cinematic Arts.