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Έχει εκδοθεί συγγραφική δουλειά της, το βιβλίο «Έτσι έπρεπε να γίνει» από τις εκδόσεις Iason Books.Το σενάριο της στα αγγλικά, “You are my only sunshine/That’s why God created women” έχει πάρει δύο βραβεία "Best Mention Award" & "Best Family Drama", Angel Film Awards 2012, Monaco και έχει διακριθεί στο London Greek Film Festival 2010 (ανάμεσα στα πέντε καλύτερα), τέλος διακρίθηκε στο top 25% των Page Awards. Έχει συμμετάσχει ως σεναριογράφος, στο 48 Athens Film Festival 2008, ενώ έχει συμμετάσχει και σε συλλογές διηγημάτων εδώ στην Ελλάδα. Έχει γράψει τρία θεατρικά ένα εκ των οποίων βρίσκεται σε φάση παραγωγής. Τον 9/2012 την κάλεσαν από το Πανεπιστήμιο της Οκλαχόμα για μια διάλεξη αφιερωμένη στην Δημιουργική Ελλάδα του σήμερα, όπου παρουσίασε συγγραφικό της έργο (νουβέλα και διηγήματα) καθώς και ένα ντοκιμαντέρ που είχε κάνει συμπαραγωγή. Ήταν χαρά της να μοιραστεί τις γνώσεις της και συγγραφικό/σεναριακό της υλικό, με τις τάξεις Αρχαίων, Βιβλικών Ελληνικών καθώς επίσης και της τάξης του Σεναρίου, του Πανεπιστημίου της Οκλαχόμα.

Διδάσκει δημιουργική γραφή και σενάριο στα πλαίσια του προγράμματος «Αλληλεγγύη» που διοργανώνει το Athens Fringe Network.

 

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ALEXANDRA BELEGRATI is a Greek writer, scriptwriter, playwright and producer (http://ablightproductions.com/), and the author of two novels ‘THAT’S THE WAY IT HAD TO BE’, Iason Books, 2011 (http://www.iasonbooks.com.gr/),’ THE BOX WITH THE FLOWERED JEWELRY’ which will be released next year, right now at editor’s hands.

She has worked in the Greek TV as Scriptwriter, Chief Editor and also as Script Advisor in an English script which is still under production. She is the writer of the English film script ‘YOU ARE MY ONLY SUNSHINE/THAT’S WHY GOD CREATED WOMEN’ which was shortlisted for award at the London Greek Film Festival (2010) and received two awards at the Angel Film Awards, Monaco 2012 ("Best Special Mention Award" & "Best Family Drama" and participated at Carmel Art & Film Festival, Carmel 2012. At the Page Awards 2011 was in the top 25% internationally.

Her short (and recently one of her tweet stories) stories were included in Greek publications and she participated in the ’48 Film Festival’ in 2008 as script writer as well as in many other contests. Over the years, she was a contributor in many on-line magazines in UK, in Greece and recently in UAE and she is also a TEDx Academy Athens blog contributor. Right now, as Producer (having 13 years professional experience in HR, PR and Marketing), she is developing a new film script in English, her playwright, ‘IVF - AN OUT-OF-BODY EXPERIENCE’, is in pre-production phase and she is in search for TV channels internationally, for one of her new TV documentary series concepts.

In 9/2012. she was invited to give lecture at the University of Oklahoma (USA) about her writings as novel writer, short story & script writer and as co-producer of a documentary. It was her pleasure to visit Ancient Greek and Biblical Greek classes and among others, to discuss the evolution of the Greek language and civilization with the students, as well as to work with the scriptwriting class of Prof. Andrew Horton, the Jeanne H Smith Professor of Film and Media Studies, on their own film ideas. During the script course, the class read chapters of her script. She also shared with them her own way of creating and developing scripts.

During winter 2012-2013, she teaches creative writing and script in Vryssaki, Special Program Allilengii, Athens Fringe Network.