Independent Writers' Caucus
Robin Fusco
323-645-0133
Robin creates layered crime and medical dramas that take the women you love to hate, put them in fucked-up situations, and make you root for them. She previously coached physicians from around the world on empathy and medical ethics, and she draws on this expertise to bring emotional truth to complex, morally ambiguous narratives. A new media medical series she was hired to write is scheduled for release this year. Robin is a 2022 WIF Writing Circle Mentee and was a NYSCA Screenwriting Fellow, and her scripts have placed in numerous competitions including WeScreenplay, ScreenCraft, and Cinequest. She’s also a commissioned and published playwright whose work has been produced internationally. A proud member of The Dramatists Guild, she was awarded an MFA in screenwriting from Point Park University. Robin tells stories that immerse us in lives unlike our own, and when she’s not writing, you can often find her out in nature hiking and conquering mountains — another way in which she expands her perspective.
Honors & Awards
Writing Circle Mentee, Women in Film - 2022
Screenwriting Fellow, NYSCA/NYFA - 2019
Winner, WeScreenplay Television Contest - COLLATERAL DAMAGE - 2018
non-WGA
Female
DESCENT
(Hourlong Drama - Think REVENGE meets SUCCESSION)
Upon release from the mental institution in which she grew up, an emotionally erratic heiress becomes seduced by the illicit, murderous side of the family business and strives to claim her place as its rightful heir.
BIOGENESIS
(Hourlong Drama - Think OZARK meets ALTERED CARBON)
An ambitious biochemist must outmaneuver her narcissistic husband, protect her children, and avoid capture by the FBI as she infiltrates the ranks of the hacktivists who have turned her revolutionary, widely distributed heart implants into murder weapons.
CRIMECAST
(Hourlong Drama - It's TRUE DETECTIVE meets VERONICA MARS)
After discovering the original investigation was tainted, the sister of a convicted murderer and the sister of the victim reluctantly team up and crowdsource clues as they reinvestigate the crime.
Science, Medical, Crime, Procedural, character-driven, female-centric, psychological, dark
Female
unrepped