SALINAS
SALINAS
Television (One-hour)
· Drama · 57 pages
A crime saga set in the Salinas Valley where an aspiring tech entrepreneur finds out his brother is killed in a gang-related shooting and returns home to investigate the crime becoming embroiled in an all-out street war that threatens his future and life.
Written by
Michael Castaneda
2 Accolades
Accolade Highlights
Official Selection,
Sony Pictures Television Diverse Writers Program 2021
Finalist,
Coverfly - Pitch Week Spring 2022
1 Writer
Los Angeles, CA
Michael is a current fellow in the Sony TV Diverse Writers Program and has worked in writers' rooms for Jenji Kohan, Dominic Minghella and Alfredo Barrios Jr. Michael's working-class upbringing and being raised by an Indigenous Mexican grandmother who housed migrants, inspired him to write dramas about marginalized, complex characters and family rel...
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Michael Castaneda is a Mexican-American television writer currently participating in the Sony Pictures Television Diverse Writers Program. Raised by his working class Indigenous Mexican mother and grandmother, Michael’s dramas are imbued with the complexity of working class family relationships and understanding the realities of communities of color. With experience in multiple writer’s rooms and having recently signed with Industry Entertainment, Michael is looking to staff on a show.
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