Kalos Chu '23 Sells Show to HBO

From an assistant desk to a premium HBO development deal: thousands of aspiring writers dream of making that leap. For one, Kalos Chu — who serendipitously works at DreamWorks Animation — that dream became a reality.

After a bidding war for his spec Imposter, which started with 10 offers before the field was narrowed down to a three-way battle between HBO, Netflix and Amazon, the drama project landed at HBO for development with an option for a writers room to follow...

This is the first writing credit for Chu, a 2023 Harvard graduate with a BA degree in English.

“After graduation, I hope to pursue a career in screenwriting — a passion that has developed, in large part, due to my experience in the English department,” he wrote in a 2023 essay about his college tenure.

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