Dana Calvo Biography

Calvo has spent the last several years in television bouncing between multiple shows and wearing many hats (story editor producer writer). But it wasn’t a career she sought out but rather one that found her.
She grew up wanting to be a writer earning a degree in English Literature from Swarthmore. But when Calvo graduated from college she was confronted with a question many writers face: “‘You’ve had this sort of idyllic wholesome life—what are you going to write about?’”
So she detoured into journalism and spent years writing other people’s stories at publications across the country—the New York Times (NYT) the Los Angeles Times the Associated Press—until one day she heard from a NYT colleague who told her about a movie (Charlie Wilson’s War) being adapted by celebrated screenwriter Aaron Sorkin (of The Social Network and The West Wing fame).
Sorkin was looking for a writer with a deep knowledge of D.C. politics which Calvo had acquired during her years as a journalist. Calvo helped craft the screenplay (thought it was uncredited) describing it as a truly intellectually rewarding experience.

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