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Zelda Barnz

Series Creator, Writer, Exec Producer
We're Not Brothers

At just 17 years old, writer and producer Zelda Barnz created and sold the pilot for her scripted series “Genera+ion” to HBO Max. When Zelda was 18, “Genera+ion” was the first pilot that HBO Max ordered to series, and is now slated to premiere in the Spring of 2021. Each episode of the dark yet playful half-hour dramedy takes viewers inside a different high school student’s unique perspective, sometimes even reliving the same beer-filled party or history class, and each character is more intriguing than the next. As an openly queer woman and young showrunner, Zelda uses her voice to tell authentic and genuine stories from her own unique lens. Zelda was adopted by Ben and Daniel Barnz and grew up in Los Angeles, attending high school at Oakwood Secondary School, where she was co-leader of the school’s Rainbow Alliance and was heavily involved in the school’s Arts Festival. She was accepted to Yale and is deferring till the fall of 2021 in order to shoot Generation.

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